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FORM B:GENERAL FORM OF APPLICATIONCOURT OF PROTECTION

FORM C:WITNESS SUMMONSCOURT OF PROTECTION

FORM D:NOTICE OF APPEALCOURT OF PROTECTION

APPENDIXCOURT OF PROTECTION FEES

Column 1Column 2
ItemFee
Commencement fee (rule 79)

1.  On the first application for the appointment of a receiver or other originating process.

£100
Annual Administration fee (rule 80)

2.  On a certificate issued by the court.

In accordance with Table 1
Transaction fee (rule 81)

3.  —

(1) On any order (or as the case may be, on any approval given by the court under an order) made by the court in the exercise of powers conferred by:—

(i)section 96(1):

(d)(settlement or gift of property)

(h)(carrying out of contract) or

(k)(exercise of powers as guardian or trustee) of the Act;

(ii)section 100 of the Act (vesting of stock in curator appointed outside England and Wales);

£50.00 or, in a “special case”, 1/4% of the pecuniary consideration as defined in rule 81 if greater than £50.00.

(iii) section 36(9) of the Trustee Act 1925 (appointment of trustees)

(iv)section 54 of the Trustee Act 1925 (concurrent jurisdiction with High Court over trusts);

(v)section 1(3) of the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 (variation of trusts for the benefit of patient);

  • provided that no fee under this item shall be taken if the property is worth less than £50.00 and no such fee shall exceed £500.00.

(2) On the making by the court of any order or authority under section 96(1)(e) of the Act (execution of will).

£100.00
Taxation (rule 82)

4.  On the taxation of a bill of costs, for every £1 or fraction of £1 allowed.

£0.05
Receivership fees (rule 83)

5.  On the appointment of officer of the court as receiver, except where it appears that the patient’s clear annual income is less than £1,000.

£250.00

6.  On passing an account.

In accordance with Table 2
Winding up fee (rule 84)

7.  On the death of a patient where the Public Trustee had been appointed receiver.

£250 on the date ofcessation of receivership and £100 on each anniversary of such date until the matter is completed.

TABLE 1 (Fee No. 2)

Clear Annual Income

Income BandExceedingNot ExceedingFee
(i)£1,000£50
(ii)£1,000£2,000£70
(iii)£2,000£3,000 £130
(iv)£3,000£5,000 £200
(v)£5,000£7,000 £350
(vi)£7,000 £10,000 £550
(vii)£10,000 £15,000 £800
(viii)£15,000£800 plus 5% of income exceeding £15,000

TABLE 2 (Fee No. 6)

Clear Annual Income

Income BandExceedingNot ExceedingFee

NOTE

In relation to fees 2 and 6, and their corresponding Tables, where income exceeds the lower limit of a band by less than the difference between the fees for that band and the next lower band, the fee charged shall be the fee for the lower band plus the amount by which the income exceeds the upper limit of that band.For example, in calculating fee 2 on a clear annual income of £2,050 (which exceeds the lower limit (£2,000) on Band (iii) by less than the difference (£60) between the fee (£130) on Band (iii) and the fee (£70) on Band (ii), the fee payable is—

£70 (the fee on Band (ii)

+£50 (the amount by which the income exceeds £2,000)

£120

(i)£1,000 £100
(ii)£1,000£2,000 £250
(iii)£2,000£3,000 £525
(iv)£3,000£5,000 £800
(v)£5,000£7,000 £1,300
(vi)£7,000 £10,000 £1,800
(vii)£10,000 £15,000 £2,800
(viii)£15,000 £2,800 plus 5% of income exceeding £15,000