Scottish Court Fees 2026-2027: Analysis of Consultation and Scottish Government Response

Consultees

8. The consultation paper was published on the Scottish Government website on 27 February 2026.

9. Interested parties were afforded the opportunity to feed back their opinions by downloading the consultation paper from the Scottish Government website or responding online through the Scottish Government consultation hub, Citizen Space.

10. Consultation exercises like this are not numerically representative; rather they aim to elicit the views and experiences of a range of stakeholders. Owing to the quantity and relatively narrow range of respondent types, it is considered that it would not be appropriate to present the results in percentage form. The small number of responses is thought to be indicative of the specialised nature of the consultation.