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Apply for help with court and tribunal fees: Form EX160

Apply online or with the EX160 paper form when you make your court or tribunal application. If you receive any benefit that qualifies you for help with fees, you must include evidence of it when you apply.

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published
22 March 2016
Last updated
6 June 2025 — See all updates

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Apply online for help with fees

https://www.gov.uk/get-help-with-court-fees

Application form: EX160

PDF, 256 KB, 9 pages

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How to apply for help with fees: EX160A

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Fee remission calculator: EX160C

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Updates to this page

Published 22 March 2016
Last updated 6 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Adding lines in guidance and the form about needing to provide evidence of benefits when applying

  2. Added content explaining that student loans do not count towards total monthly income.

  3. Added contact details for We Are Group to the guidance under 'free and independent advice'.

  4. Uploaded Welsh version of the EX160 form.

  5. Removed forms for applications made or fees paid before 27 November 2023.

  6. Fixed a calculation error in the new English and Welsh versions of EX160C

  7. Added Welsh version of the new EX160A guidance

  8. Added Welsh version of the new fee remission calculator

  9. New form, guidance and calculator added for applications made or fees paid on or after 27 November 2023

  10. Added Welsh version of EX160A HTML guidance

  11. Added wording to make clear that applicants must apply for help with fees at the same time as they make their court or tribunal application.

  12. Eligibility and further information updated and new versions of forms and guidance uploaded.

  13. Amendments to the further information text.

  14. Revised EX160 form and easy read version of the guide.

  15. Added fee remissions contribution calculator.

  16. Forms updated

  17. Revised EX160A leaflet

  18. First published.

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