Hearings
07 Mar 1997 [1998] QB 575; [1998] 2 WLR 849; [1997] 2 All ER 779, DC
R v Lord Chancellor, Ex parte Witham
Additional names
Witham, Ex parte
Subject Matter
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT — Validity — Whether ultra vires — Lord Chancellor by Order repealing provisions giving poor litigants exemption from or reduction of Supreme Court fees — Applicant on income support unable to afford fees — Whether constitutional right of access to court — Whether removal of exemption from fees denial of access to court — Whether unlawful — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 130 — Supreme Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1996, art 3
[1998] QB 578; [1998] 2 WLR 849
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Vexatious Litigants - Civil restraint orders
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