The House of Commons Justice Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the introduction of courts and tribunal fees and charges aimed at reducing costs to the public purse of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. With regard to tribunal fees the Committee would be particularly interested in submissions addressing: (i) how have the increased court fees and the introduction of employment tribunal fees affected access to justice?; and (ii) how have they affected the volume and quality of cases brought? The deadline for written submissions to be made is Wednesday 30 September 2015. This comes against a background of the Ministry of Justice launching a separate internal review of tribunal fees, with no public consultation, and UNISON's Judicial Challenge to the fee regime which was heard by the Court of Appeal in June, with judgment awaited.

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