MPs told fees rise was based on ‘hopeless’ evidence to plug £100m gap and hit small businesses,divorcees and employees
Court fee increases that were hastily introduced to plug a £100m gap in the Ministry of Justice’s budget were based on “hopeless” evidence, according to the most senior civil judge in England and Wales.
Giving evidence to the justice select committee, and the Master of the Rolls,John Dyson, highlighted the financial problems of the department under which the government is trying to make the justice system self-financing.
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Source: theguardian.com