Fees

Court Services Fees Order 2016 | Fees and Duties (Government Fees) Order 2016 | General Registry (Miscellaneous Fees) Order 2016 | The Cinematograph (Licensing Fees) Order 2014 | The Music and Dancing Fees and Duties Order 2014 | The Licensing Fees and Duties Order 2014

There are a number of Statutory Instruments, known as Fees Orders, which set out the fees charged in the courts. These are:-

Court Services Fees Order 2016
Fees And Duties (Government Fees) Order 2016 - affidavits, exhibits
General Registry (Miscellaneous Fees) Order 2016 - apostilles, certifying documents
The Cinematograph (Licence Fees) Order 2017 - cinema licences
The Music and Dancing Fees and Duties Order 2017
The Licensing Fees and Duties Order 2017
Coroners Fees Order 2009

In certain circumstances, for example if you are on income support, you may be able to ask for fees to be remitted by using form HCFR01 - Application For Remission of High Court Fees Due To Financial Hardship (Word doc)(PDF). Please note that when applications for remission are considered, in addition to the requirements for financial means assessment, the wider circumstances of the proceedings may also be considered. The guidance notes are on HCFR01A - Notes for Fee Remission (PDF).

Please note that this form is for use by claimants/applicant who do not have an advocate.

Fees and Duties Act 1989

Court Services Fees Order 2016

1. Fees payable in Small Claims, Summary and Ordinary Procedures

		Item	Fee (£)
1.1	Filing a claim or counterclaim as appropriate:
	(i)	• Up to £300	27.00
	(ii)	• £300.01 to £500	41.00
	(iii)	• £500.01 to £1,000	57.00
	(iv)	• £1,000.01 to £1,500	70.00
	(v)	• £1,500.01 to £3,000	77.00
	(vi)	• £3,000.01 to £5,000	97.00
	(vii)	• £5,000.01 to £10,000	146.00
	(viii)	• £10,000.01 to £15,000	200.00
	(ix)	• £15,000.01 to £50,000	325.00
	(x)	• £50,000.01 to £100,000	555.00
	(xi)	• £100,000.01 to £150,000	715.00
	(xii)	• £150,000.01 to £200,000	875.00
	(xiii)	• £200,000.01 to £300,000	1195.00
	(xiv)	• £300,000.01 to £500,000	1345.00
	(xv)	• £500,000.01 to £1,000,000	2150.00
	(xvi)	• £1,000,000.01 to £5,000,000	2690.00
	(xvii)	• £5,000,000.01 to £10,000,000	3630.00
	(xviii)	• £10,000,000.01 to £50,000,000	4435.00
	(xix)	• Greater than £50,000,000 or unspecified	8065.00
1.2	Filing a non-money claim (including any claim for possession that does not seek a monetary judgment). This fee will be the minimum fee payable in relation to all possession matters (a higher fee will instead be payable if the financial or arrears sums are equal to or greater than £15,000.01 in which case, the fee payable will be charged in accordance with those prescribed at paragraph 1.1).		215.00
1.3	For the scheduling of any matter which is set down for a hearing (see guidance note 3) of more than 2 days' duration (see guidance note 2), or is scheduled for less than 2 days but lasts more than 2 days, per day or part thereof.		810.00
1.4	Filing/making of any contested (see guidance note 1) application (including those made in court during the court hearing):
	(i)	Small Claims or Summary Procedure:	130.00
	(ii)	Ordinary Procedure	215.00
1.5	Filing/making of any agreed (see guidance note 1) application (including those made in court during the court hearing):
	(i)	Small Claims or Summary Procedure:	45.00
	(ii)	Ordinary Procedure	130.00

2. Fees payable in Chancery Procedure

	Item	Fee (£)
2.1	Filing of any originating application	215.00
2.2	For the scheduling of any matter which is set down for a hearing (see guidance note 3) of more than 2 days' duration (see guidance note 2), or is scheduled for less than 2 days but lasts more than 2 days, per day or part thereof.	810.00
2.3	Filing/making any contested (see guidance note 1) application (including those made in court during the court hearing):	215.00
2.4	Filing/making any agreed (see guidance note 1) application (including hose made in court during the court hearing):	130.00

3. Fees payable in Bankruptcy Matters, where no statutory fee is prescribed

	Item		Fee (£)
3.1	(i)	Application to the court to approve the distribution of assets	142.00
	(ii)	Any other application to the court in relation to assets or accounts	142.00

4. Fees payable inNon Contentious Probate Business

	Item		Fee (£)
4.1	(i)	Settling a draft testamentary application	55.00
	(ii)	Filing, extension or withdrawal of a caveat	55.00
4.2	Filing an application for probate of a will or letters of administration where it is stated in the application that the gross estate is in the Isle of Man: (Note: The fees in this section include the cost of one sealed copy of the grant together with a plain copy of any will proved):
	(i)	does not exceed £10,000	27.00
	(ii)	Exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £50,000	160.00
	(iii)	Exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £125,000	470.00
	(iv)	Exceeds £125,000 but does not exceed £250,000	1000.00
	(v)	Exceeds £250,000 but does not exceed £500,000	2000.00
	(vi)	Exceeds £500,000 but does not exceed £1,000,000	4000.00
	(vii)	Exceeds £1,000,000	8000.00
	(viii)	Filing an application for a grant of probate of a will or letters of administration where it is stated and sworn that the only asset is a policy of life assurance which has been effected with any insurance company in the Isle of Man by a person who has died domiciled elsewhere than in the Isle of Man where the gross value of the policy exceeds £50,000	250.00
4.3	(i)	Amendment to a grant or the relevant record as the result of an error or omission (see guidance note 5)	27.00
	(ii)	Application for a cessate grant	27.00
	(iii)	Application for revocation of a grant	27.00
	(iv)	Application for a "de bonis non" grant - the fee payable will be based on the value of the un-administered portion of the estate as per paragraph 4.2
	(v)	Application for an order pursuant to Rule 40 of the Probate Rules 1988 (proving a copy of a will)	27.00
4.4	Additional copies (see Note at paragraph 4.2):
	(i)	Certified copy grant (per document)	5.00
	(ii)	Certified copy will (per document)	5.00
	(iii)	Certified copy grant & will (requested at the same time) - per bundle	8.00
	Affixing the court seal & providingan additional certified copy of:
	(iv)	a copy grant (per document)	32.00
	(v)	a copy will (per document)	32.00
	(vi)	a copy grant & will (requested at the same time) - per bundle	60.00
	(vii)	plain copy/photocopy of any additional document (per page)	0.40

5. Fees payable in Family, Children, Matrimonial or Civil Partnership Proceedings

	Item		Fee (£)
5.1	Filing an initial application or cross-application for a divorce, annulment, separation or dissolution order		275.00
5.2	Filing an application to make a provisional order final. Application of:
	(i)	applicant	27.00
	(ii)	respondent (rule 48(2) Rules of the High Courts of Justice (Matrimonial Proceedings) 2004 Procedure)	130.00
5.3	Filing/making an application, etc:
	(i)	in any procedure for the variation of a maintenance agreement or like process	65.00
	(ii)	under Part 4 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2001 (care orders, supervision orders) (save for stand- alone emergency applications)	215.00
	(iii)	which is agreed (see guidance note 1) (including those made in court during the court hearing)	65.00
	(iv)	for a non-molestation order or occupation order – payable separately except when filed with an initial application	110.00
	(v)	under Schedule 6 of Civil Partnership Act 2011 or under Part 3 of the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 2003 or any like process for financial relief etc. (other than for amendment/variation (see paragraph 5.3(i)))	130.00
	(vi))	for an order under the Hague Convention
	(vii)	for an adoption order
	(viii)	for a wardship order
	(viii)	hearing a contested matter
	(ix)	for hearing a contested (see guidance note 1) matter under the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 2003, the Civil Partnership Act 2011 or the Children & Young Persons Act 2001
	(x)	which is contested (any other) (see guidance note 1) (including those made in court during the hearing)
5.4	Appeals under section 7(6) of Civil Partnership Act 2011 or section 19 of the Marriage Act 1984 (approval of places of registration)		215.00
5.5	Filing of a parental responsibility agreement		27.00

6. Fees payable in Appeals Matters (whether to the Staff of Government Division or Civil Division)

	Item	Fee (£)
6.1	Filing/making of any notice or application within the Appeals process	325.00
6.2	For the scheduling of any appeal matter arising from proceedings pursuant to fees code 1 or 2 in this document which is set down for a hearing (see guidance note 3) of more than 2 days duration, (see guidance note 2) or is scheduled for less than 2 days but lasts more than 2 days, per day or part thereof	810.00

7. Fees payable in Assessments of Costs

	Item	Fee (£)
7.1	Application for, or to set aside, a default/interim costs certificate	65.00
7.2	Application (request) for a detailed assessment hearing. Percentage of the total amount of the bill of costs (including VAT and disbursements). The sum is non-refundable.	5%
7.3	Following completion of the detailed assessment proceedings, percentage of the total allowed amount of the assessed bill of costs (including VAT and disbursements) from which will be deducted the relevant fee paid under 7.2 above). (note that the fee at 7.2 is non-refundable and is therefore the minimum total sum payable)	10%
7.4	Filing of an appeal or review of a decision made in detailed assessment proceedings	325.00

8. Fees payable in Miscellaneous Matters

	Item			Fee (£)
8.1	Application to pay into Court, or a payment out of Court			27.00
8.2	(i)	Search of Court and other indices/records, lists etc. if undertaken by staff (per volume or other medium)		49.00
8.2	(ii)	Request for access to a court case file (see guidance note 6)		49.00
8.3	Filing/making of an application (including applications for consent orders or any applications made in any way including any within other documents or processes):
	(i)	Small Claims or Summary Procedure (including requests for judgment and execution, or for execution only where a sum has previously been ordered to be paid)		41.00
	(ii)	Small Claims or Summary Procedure (instalment order or attachment of earnings order)		65.00
	(iii)	In any other procedure or process (not prescribed elsewhere in this order):
		(a)	Contested (see guidance note 1) application (including those made in court during the court hearing)	215.00
		(b)	Filing any agreed (see guidance note 1) application (including those made in court during the court hearing)	130.00
8.4	Producing a copy recording of any court or other proceedings (or part thereof) on cd-rom per compact disc or via other media per item produced.			33.00
8.5	Application for a temporary advocates licence (which shall remain in force for no more than 12 months) pursuant to The Advocates Act 1995, s17 (such fee to be payable in addition to fees prescribed under the applicable Fees and Duties (Government Fees) Order in relation to the “drawing of a commission”).			540.00
8.6	Application for each/any additional year of a licence referred to at 8.5 (such fee to be payable in addition to fees prescribed under the applicable Fees and Duties (Government Fees) Order in relation to the “drawing of a commission”).			215.00
8.7	Application, pursuant to The Advocates Act 1995, s17 (3), for review of a decision made to grant or refuse an application for a temporary Advocates Licence.			325.00

Court Services Fees Order 2016 - Guidance Notes

Wherever in this Order reference is made to fees for an agreed or contested application, a contested application is defined as being one in which the application has been submitted without being accompanied by evidence of agreement between the parties.
Wherever in this Order reference is made to a fee payable for a hearing of a duration of more than 2 days, the fee payable will be calculated by multiplying the number of days scheduled by the daily fee rate (e.g. for a 2 day hearing the fee will be nil, for a 3 day hearing the fee will by 3x daily rate). Where a hearing has been scheduled for 2 days or less and subsequently lasts for more than 2 days, the fees will be payable as if the hearing had been scheduled for the number of days heard.
Hearing fees will be payable by the party which seeks the hearing (by application or otherwise), and will generally be payable at the point of setting down/scheduling of the hearing. In any matter in which the party which has responsibility for the payment of the fee is disputed/unclear, the fee will be apportioned equally between the parties. In the absence of payment of such fee, the hearing may not take place.
Where a claimant is entitled to submit multiple claims within a single claim form as per the Rules of the High Court of Justice rule 4.1(2), a fee will be payable for each of the claims contained within the single claim form.
The fee shown at 4.3(i) relates to any requested or required amendments to a grant or the relevant record resulting from application errors or omissions, except where this relates to an increase to the declared value of the deceased’s estate . Where an amendment is required to a grant to reflect the increased value of an estate the fee payable will be the balance between the fee paid and the applicable higher estate band fee shown in 4.2 plus the amendment fee at 4.3(i). No amendment fee will be payable as a result of any error or omission made by the Probate Office. Where a Grant or relevant record amendment relates to a lower estate value, an amendment fee will apply.
Where a request for access to a court file has been made in relation to paragraph 8.2(ii) the sum due will be calculated as per the following example scenario:
- Case reference ORD/1901/21;
- Contains 1 standard court file volume and 4 other files;
- The fee payable would be 1+4 x the fee stated
- Should the request be specific so as to identify only certain files this would reduce the sums payable;
- In the example shown above, if the request was only for the standard court file, only 1 x the fee stated would fall due to be paid
- Note the relevant item quantities may require to be identified before a definitive fee sum is sought and the file(s) produced
In any instance where a fee required to be paid pursuant to this Order has not been paid at the appropriate/required point in time, the relevant fee bearing service/process will not take place. In addition, the Chief Registrar may determine that no other application, process etc. (in any matter) brought or involving the person/entity concerned (save for any brought by any other party to the matter) will take place until all/any outstanding fees have been paid.

Fees and Duties (Government Fees) Order 2016

	Item	Fee (£)
1	Drawing a Commission of a public authority	53.00
2	Affixing the Seal Public of the Isle of Man, or a seal of office to a Commission, to any paper or proceeding, and providing a certificate if required (per document)	32.00
3	An affidavit, affirmation, declaration or attestation taken before a public officer Not applicable to a declaration of secrecy under rule 29 of the Election Rules contained in Schedule 2, Part 3, to the Representation of the People Act 1995 or a similar declaration made for the purpose of the election of members of a local authority.	8.00
4	Witnessing each exhibit to an affidavit, affirmation, declaration or attestation taken before a public officer	5.00

General Registry (Miscellaneous Fees) Order 2016

	Item			Fee (£)
1	For making a photocopy of a document (per page)
	(a)	Printed on A4 size paper:
		(i)	black & white copy	0.50*
		(ii)	colour copy	1.30*
	(b)	Printed on A3 size paper:
		black & white copy (i)		1.20*
2	Electronic delivery of permitted documents. Document sent by e-mail attachment (per request)			5.50
3	Certification of a copy			5.00
4	Apostilles - attesting or legalising a signature and seal for Hague Convention countries and for the rest of the world
	a		standard service - within 2 working days	27.00
	b		premium service - within 90 minutes (additional cost to article 4(a))	53.00*

Items marked with * are subject to VAT at the standard rate.

The Cinematograph (Licence Fees) Order 2017

	Item	Fee (£)
1	Application for a Cinematograph licence	35.00
2	Consent/Transfer of a Cinematograph licence	10.00
	Total	45.00

The Music and Dancing Fees and Duties Order 2017

Application Fees

Item	Fee (£)
Application for any licence under the Act (other than an occasional licence)	35.00
Application for transfer of a licence under the Act	35.00
Application for a variation or removal of a condition attached to a licence	35.00
Duplicate/Production of a Licence	50.00

Duties payable for licences

Item	Fee (£)
Licence (other than an occasional licence)-
• where the floor area of premises does not exceed 50m²	50.00
• where the floor area of premises exceeds 50m² but is less than 1,000m², for every 25m²approx 269ft²) or part thereof	35.00
• where the floor area of premises exceeds 1,000 m²	1080.00
Occasional licence - for each day or part of the day	45.00
Special permission -
• for the first 2 hours or part thereof	25.00
• for each succeeding hour or part thereof	20.00

The Licensing Fees and Duties Order 2017