The recent decision in Gibbs -v- King’s College NHS Foundation Trust (11/11/2021) highlights the need to keep issues of fee remission at the forefront of consideration, particularly when issuing proceedings. There is no guarantee at all that a party will recover court fees when, it transpires, they...
The logic of Gibbs seems to be that the only way to be sure that you will recover the fee you have paid is to make an application for remission in every case – if not then your opponent will ask why not.
The result will be even more bureaucratic stress and paperwork for understaffed courts.
Unintended real life consequences.