Challenging High Court enforcement fees

In brief

Request the writ, statement, compliance and attendance records, stage, payments, disbursements and sale evidence.

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Request the writ, statement, compliance and attendance records, stage, payments, disbursements and sale evidence.

For instructions received from 1 May 2026, the fixed High Court fees are £79, £200, £520 and £550, with 7.5% above £1,200 where applicable. Transitional rules may preserve the earlier scale.

CPR 84.16 may provide assessment. A challenge to the judgment, writ, goods or conduct is different, and an application does not automatically stay enforcement.

Bailiffs And Credit Or Debit Card FeesThe Schedule to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 explicitly defines the fees bailiffs are permitted to charge.The Council Charged You More Than £3 For The Liability OrderParagraph 5.1 of Schedule 1 to the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 specifies that the application fee for a Liability Order is £3.The £79 Compliance Stage Fee And £247 Enforcement Stage FeeBailiff's fees are regulated by the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, which outline the following fee structure:Council tax paid before or during bailiff enforcementPayment of council-tax arrears does not always remove statutory enforcement fees.Challenging non-High Court enforcement feesStatutory fees can be recovered through an enforcement company where the regulations permit.How to dispute enforcement-agent feesStart with an itemised statement showing the debt, enforcement type, instruction date, stages, payments and disbursements.

Sources and scope

This site concerns England and Wales. Principal sources include Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013, the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, CPR Part 84 and the GOV.UK bailiff guide.

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