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New fees for immigration judicial reviews from 1 May 2024

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Today The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2024 was laid before Parliament, this sets out increases to fees including immigration judicial reviews in both the Upper Tribunal and Administrative Court as well as for applications to the Court of Appeal.

For the Upper Tribunal, Article 10 of the Order amends Schedule 1 of The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Judicial Review) (England and Wales) Fees Order 2011. The new fees are set out at Table 8 of the 2024 Order as follows:

 FeeCurrent amount of feeRevised amount of fee
1.1 (for permission to apply for judicial review)£154£169
1.1(a) (on applying for a request to reconsider at a hearing a decision on permission)£385£424
1.2 (on starting proceedings if the proceedings have been started by an application for permission to apply for judicial review)£770£847
1.3 (on starting proceedings if the claim for judicial review was started otherwise than by application for permission to apply for judicial review)£154£169
2.1 (on an application on notice where no other fee is specified)£255£281
2.2 (on an application by consent or without notice where no other fee is specified)£100£110
2.3 (on an application for a summons or order for a witness to attend the Tribunal)£50£55

The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 has also been amended to make the same changes for judicial review fees in the Administrative Court.

Court of Appeal fees are also to be increased as follows:

FeeCurrent amount of feeRevised amount of fee
13.1(a) (where, in an appeal notice, permission to appeal or an extension of time for appealing is applied for (or both are applied for): on filing an appellant’s notice or, where the respondent is appealing, on filing a respondent’s notice – in appeals to the Court of Appeal)£569£626
13.1(b) (where permission to appeal is not required or has been granted by the lower court: on filing an appellant’s notice or on filing a respondent’s notice where the respondent is appealing – in appeals to the Court of Appeal)£1,292£1,421
13.1(c) (on the appellant filing an appeal questionnaire (unless the appellant has paid fee 13.1(b)) or the respondent filing an appeal questionnaire (unless the respondent has paid fee 13.1(b)) – in appeals to the Court of Appeal)£1,292£1,421
13.3 (on filing an application notice – in appeals to the Court of Appeal)£569£626
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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.

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