Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01784 · Session 5

Review of the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2018

Closed Submitted 8 Jan 2020 Justice
Signatures
0
12 online signatures with a country
Comments
4
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to conduct a review of the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2018 to make self-litigation more accessible to disabled people.

What the petitioner did first

I have spoken to my MSP, Fiona Hyslop. She wrote to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, about this issue.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 5 Mar 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 29 Oct 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

12 online signatures
  1. Scotland10 83.3%
  2. United Kingdom2 16.7%

Comments

4 comments, oldest first
  1. Alexander williams 8 Jan 2020
    Time for change so mental health can be supported in court.
  2. Jack A Morrison 8 Jan 2020
    Time to change things for good.
  3. Daniel Donaldson 31 Jan 2020
    As a lawyer, I support a full review of how the rules of court and the table of fees affect access to justice.
  4. Daniel Donaldson 5 Feb 2020
    I support ending the exclusion of Disabled people in the Justice System.