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Simply unFEESible

08 September 2015 / Keith M Gordon
Issue: 4517 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Admin
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Proposals to allow the state to charge those wishing to appeal against a tax decision made by it are flawed.
KEY POINTS
  • The Ministry of Justice has proposed that fees should be paid by appellants to the tax tribunals.
  • Is it right that the state should charge to appeal against a decision by the state?
  • Like the emergency services access to the judicial system should be without charge.
  • A similar system of charges for the Employment Tribunal has resulted in a substantial fall in the number of appeals and money raised.
  • Some alternative suggestions on tribunal fees.
  • Readers are encouraged to explain the potentially adverse impact of the proposals on their clients.
In the middle of the summer holiday period the Ministry of Justice...

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