MoJ launches Court of Protection fees refund scheme

The Ministry of Justice has launched its long awaited refund scheme for a range of civil, magistrate, insolvency and Court of Protection fees. The implementation of the scheme follows a 2018 review where the Ministry "discovered fees in certain proceedings had been unintentionally set above cost". There are also somer fees that should not have been charged at all.  

Anyone who believes they paid too much for some court services between 22 April 2014 and 31 March 2018 can now apply for a refund via the MoJ website.

The Court of Protection fees falling within the scheme are set out below (taken from the MoJ guidance)

Over-charged: fees that were charged more than the cost of the service

Mischarged: where the wrong fee was charged or should not have charged at all