WHY THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURT FEES INCREASE SHOULD HANG THEIR HEADS IN SHAME

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   robertpettitt · February 11, 2016 at 20:45:10 · →

   if the government really wanted to raise revenue or save expense, I can’t understand why fees don’t scale up indefinitely. As it stands those arguing over megabucks (e.g. commercial matters) will be companies and they have a nice £10k cap.

   Well you could say that they would take their business elsewhere if the fees scaled indefinitely and to that I would say let them.

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   Stephen Trahair · February 12, 2016 at 09:30:51 · →

   I’m appalled at this government. I’ve voted Conservative for much of my life (though not on this occasion), but have never before seen such blatant one-sidedness in a government. It is unashamedly a government of big business which despises the ‘little people’. I’m becoming a Corbynite surprisingly rapidly.

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   Root · February 13, 2016 at 17:16:39 · →

   The Court needs to get its erratic application of its “discretion” as to costs in order; before it criticises the Government about fees.

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   Iain Wightwick · February 13, 2016 at 23:44:21 · →

   Not sure if this will reach a human being but…

   It’s just a thought – but if the court’s own enforcement processes actually worked, people might feel a bit less nervous about investing the fees. However, the recovery process is often tortuous and its manipulated by any defendant with an ounce of sense, so the fees just don’t represent value for money. They should be charged conditionally upon recovery of the judgment debt, in the same way we’re expected to earn our fees J Iain W

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   gexall posted: “If evidence were needed of the profound impact of the increase in court fees in can be found in newspaper articles over the past few days. IT IS JUST ONE CASE The Guardian reported on one case of a social worker (Amanda Hicks) who was owed £20,000 by an “

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