- BY Sonia Lenegan
Increase to court and tribunal fees from 1 April 2025
The Ministry of Justice has announced increases to court and tribunal fees, to take effect for applications made on or after 1 April 2025. I have pulled out the ones most applicable to immigration and asylum work below, but do check the full list if you are making an application not listed below.
Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
| 1.9a | For permission to apply for judicial review | £169 | £174 |
| 1.9b | On applying for a request to reconsider at a hearing a decision on permission | £424 | £438 |
| 1.9ba | On an application for judicial review where fee 1.9(b) has been paid and permission is granted at a hearing | £385 | £436 |
| 1.9c | Permission to proceed with judicial review if started with application for permission to apply for JR | £847 | £874 |
| 1.9d | Permission to proceed with judicial review where started other than with permission to apply for JR | £169 | £174 |
| 2.2 | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (High Court) | £285 | £294 |
| 2.3a | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (County court small claims) | £142 | £147 |
| 2.3b | Appellant’s/respondent’s notice (County court other claims) | £166 | £171 |
| 3.1a | Filing an appellant’s/respondent’s notice in the Court of Appeal where permission to appeal/extension of time is applied for | £626 | £646 |
| 13.1b | Filing an appellant’s/respondent’s notice in the Court of Appeal where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted | £1,421 | £1,466 |
| 13.1c | Court of Appeal – Appellant/respondent filing an appeal questionnaire | £1,421 | £1,466 |
| 13.2 | Court of Appeal – On filing a respondent’s notice | £569 | £587 |
| 13.3 | Court of Appeal – On filing an application notice | £626 | £646 |
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Judicial Review) (England and Wales) Fees Order 2011
| SI Reference ID | Description | Current | New |
| 1.1 | Permission to apply for Judicial Review | £169 | £174 |
| 1.1a | Judicial Review – Oral renewal | £424 | £438 |
| 1.2a | Proceed with Judicial Review – permission granted at oral hearing | £385 | £436 |
| 1.2b | Proceeding with Judicial Review after permission granted | £847 | £874 |
| 1.3 | Permission for Judicial Review – permission to proceed where proceedings started otherwise than by application for permission | £169 | £174 |
| 2.1 | Judicial Review General Application – On notice (where no other fee is specified) | £281 | £290 |
| 2.2 | Judicial Review General Application – By consent or without notice (where no other fee is specified) | £110 | £114 |
| 2.3 | Judicial Review – Application for a summons or order for a witness to attend the Tribunal | £55 | £57 |
The changes are subject to parliamentary approval but there is no reason that will not be given, so practitioners should plan accordingly.
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Sonia Lenegan
Sonia Lenegan is an experienced immigration, asylum and public law solicitor. She has been practising for over ten years and was previously legal director at the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association and legal and policy director at Rainbow Migration. Sonia is the Editor of Free Movement.
