england-and-wales
Does HM Courts and Tribunal Service profit from court fees for litigants unconnected to the UK?
<p><a href="https://www.qlts.com/blog/why-english-law-governs-most-international-commercial-contracts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">&quot;In fact, English law is the preferred governing law for business transactions worldwide, <strong>even those that don’t have any geographic connection with the UK</strong>.&quot;</a></p>
<p>If too many litigants unconnected to the UK  sue in UK courts, then they shall  overwhelm the UK courts and unjustly crowd out UK taxpayers. Thus how does Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service safeguard English courts from being overflowed with foreign litigants unrelated to the UK? HM Courts and Tribunal Service has to get more out of these litigants than these litigants pay????</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/court-fees" rel="nofollow noreferrer">More than £200,000    £10,000</a></p>
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<p>For example, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/oligarch-v-oligarch-londons-courts-attract-litigious-tycoons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Soviet oligarchs have sued for way more than £200,000</a>.  Unquestionably, <a href="http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912623,00.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">their complex litigation</a> cost English judges, not to mention HM Courts and Tribunal Service, WAY more than £10,000.</p>
<p>I know that English judges don't bill by the hour, but I instance with billable hours. Most judges in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales#Senior_Courts_of_England_and_Wales" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Senior Courts</a> were QC's. Presuppose £500/hr as the average fee for a QC. Then £10,000/(£500/hr) = 20 hours. But these complex <a href="https://littletonchambers.com/former-soviet-oligarchs-march-on-london-courts/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cases</a> must have taken judges  way more than 20 hours to hear! And these lengthy judgments take way more than 20 hours to write!</p>

<h2>Courts are a public service</h2>
<p>They run at a loss.</p>
<p>Notwithstanding, just because a contract is under English law doesn’t mean it will be heard in an English court. Other nation’s courts will determine disputes according to English law if the contract so stipulates.</p>
<p>Whether an English court will agree to hear a case depends on a) if there is a sufficient nexus with England or Wales to engage jurisdiction and b) if one of the parties argues that a court in another jurisdiction is a more appropriate venue, if the English court agrees.</p>
