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Proposed increases in court fees
Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Rules Committee proposes significant increases in court fees
Among the proposed increases include the fee to be paid by litigants to the court to file a civil claim increasing from $50 to $500 for an electronic filing or $1,000 for paper filing; the filing fee for a defendant in a civil claim entering an appearance at a civil claim against them increasing from $10 to $100 for E-filing and $150 for paper filing, as well as the fee for a litigant to file a defence to a claim from $20 to $100 for E-Filing and $150 for paper filing.
If the hike in cost is approved, the fees for a defendant to file a defence and counterclaim would increase from $20 to $500 for E-Filing and $1,000 for paper filing, while the sums to be paid for the enforcement of judgements, which ranged from $10 to $30, will range from $50 to $100.
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