The Weekly Law Reports
[2000] 2 WLR 318
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
LORD CHANCELLOR,
Ex parte
LIGHTFOOT
1999 June 16,
17;
July 23
July 23
Simon Brown and Chadwick L.JJ. and Rattee J.
Statutory Instrument
— Validity
— Whether ultra vires
— Debtor presenting petition for bankruptcy required to pay to court deposit as security
— Whether debtor having constitutional right of access to court
— Whether requirement to pay deposit infringing constitutional right
— Whether lawful
—
Insolvency Fees Order 1986 (S.I. 1986 No. 2030), arts. 8(1), 9(b) (as amended by Insolvency Fees (Amendment) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994 No. 2541), art. 3(d)(ii))