{"title":"Court Fees and Access to Justice in Australia","authors":"Jack Maxwell","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3900825","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"On 1 January 2021, the fee for bringing a migration case in the Federal Circuit Court increased almost five-fold. Civil society groups say that this change will seriously threaten access to the courts. This comment argues that, if this is correct, the increase might be unlawful or unconstitutional. It proceeds in four parts. Part I introduces the new fee increase and examines its potential impact on access to the courts. Parts II and III explore several possible arguments against the increase. Part IV concludes.","PeriodicalId":138110,"journal":{"name":"PSN: Justice (Topic)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PSN: Justice (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3900825","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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On 1 January 2021, the fee for bringing a migration case in the Federal Circuit Court increased almost five-fold. Civil society groups say that this change will seriously threaten access to the courts. This comment argues that, if this is correct, the increase might be unlawful or unconstitutional. It proceeds in four parts. Part I introduces the new fee increase and examines its potential impact on access to the courts. Parts II and III explore several possible arguments against the increase. Part IV concludes.