Source: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part-44-general-rules-about-costs
Timestamp: 2017-02-22 20:02:49
Document Index: 503385866

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 44', 'ART 44', 'arts 44', 'art 47', 'art 1', 'arts 44', 'arts 44', 'art 1', 'ART 44']

CourtsProcedure rulesCivilRules & Practice Directions PART 44 - GENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS
PRACTICE DIRECTION 44 - GENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS	Home
»Courts»Procedure rules»Civil»Rules & Practice Directions»PART 44 - GENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS Menu ≡
Rule 44.4
Rule 44.6
Rule 44.8
Rule 44.9
Rule 44.10
Rule 44.11
Rule 44.12
II QUALIFIED ONE-WAY COSTS SHIFTING
Rule 44.14
Rule 44.15
Rule 44.17
III DAMAGES-BASED AGREEMENTS
Rule 44.18
(1) In Parts 44 to 47, unless the context otherwise requires –
‘authorised court officer’ means any officer of –
(i) the County Court;
‘conditional fee agreement’ means an agreement enforceable under section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19901;
‘costs’ includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses, remuneration, reimbursement allowed to a litigant in person under rule 46.5 and any fee or reward charged by a lay representative for acting on behalf of a party in proceedings allocated to the small claims track;
‘costs judge’ means a taxing master of the Senior Courts;
‘Costs Office’ means the Senior Courts Costs Office;
‘costs officer’ means –
(ii) a District Judge; or
‘detailed assessment’ means the procedure by which the amount of costs is decided by a costs officer in accordance with Part 47;
‘the Director (legal aid)’ means the person designated as the Director of Legal Aid Casework pursuant to section 4 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20122, or a person entitled to exercise the functions of the Director;
‘fixed costs’ means costs the amounts of which are fixed by these rules whether or not the court has a discretion to allow some other or no amount, and include –
‘free of charge’ has the same meaning as in section 194(10) of the 2007 Act;
‘fund’ includes any estate or property held for the benefit of any person or class of person and any fund to which a trustee or personal representative is entitled in that capacity;
‘HMRC’ means HM Revenue and Customs;
‘legal aid’ means civil legal services made available under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;
‘paying party’ means a party liable to pay costs;
‘the prescribed charity’ has the same meaning as in section 194(8) of the 2007 Act;
‘pro bono representation’ means legal representation provided free of charge;
‘receiving party’ means a party entitled to be paid costs;
‘summary assessment’ means the procedure whereby costs are assessed by the judge who has heard the case or application;
‘VAT’ means Value Added Tax;
‘the 2007 Act’ means the Legal Services Act 20073.
(‘Legal representative’ has the meaning given in rule 2.3).
(2) The costs to which Parts 44 to 47 apply include –
(a) the following costs where those costs may be assessed by the court –
(iii) costs payable by a client to their legal representative; and
(3) Where advocacy or litigation services are provided to a client under a conditional fee agreement, costs are recoverable under Parts 44 to 47 notwithstanding that the client is liable to pay the legal representative’s fees and expenses only to the extent that sums are recovered in respect of the proceedings, whether by way of costs or otherwise.
Back to top Basis of assessment
Back to top Factors to be taken into account in deciding the amount of costs
Back to top Amount of costs where costs are payable under a contract
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where the court assesses (whether by summary or detailed assessment) costs which are payable by the paying party to the receiving party under the terms of a contract, the costs payable under those terms are, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise, to be presumed to be costs which –
Back to top Procedure for assessing costs
Back to top Time for complying with an order for costs
Back to top Legal representative’s duty to notify the party
(Paragraph 10.1 of Practice Direction 44 defines ‘party’ for the purposes of this rule.)
Back to top Cases where costs orders deemed to have been made
Back to top Where the court makes no order for costs
(1) Where the court makes an order which does not mention costs –
(ii) to seek an order under section 194(3) of the 2007 Act,
in relation to that order; but
Back to top Court’s powers in relation to misconduct
(b) delay the issue of a certificate for the costs to which the party is entitled until the party has paid the amount which that party is liable to pay
Back to top II QUALIFIED ONE-WAY COSTS SHIFTING
Back to top Effect of qualified one-way costs shifting
Back to top Exceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission not required
Back to top Exceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission required
Back to top Transitional provision
44.17 This Section does not apply to proceedings where the claimant has entered into a pre-commencement funding arrangement (as defined in rule 48.2).
(2) Where costs are to be assessed in favour of a party who has entered into a damages-based agreement –
1990 c.41. Section 58 was substituted by the Access to Justice Act 1990 section 27(1) and was amended by S.I. 2005/3429 article 8, Schedule paragraph 2 and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act section 44(1) and (2). Back to text
2012 c.10. Back to text 2007 c.29. Back to text
1838 c.110. Section 17 was amended by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (c.59) section 2, Schedule Part I; Statute Law Revision (no 2) Act 1888 (c. 57); S.I. 1993/564 article 2; S.I. 1998/2940 article 3(a), (c). Back to text
1984 c.28. Section 5A was inserted by the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c.42) section 2. Back to text
1976 c.30. A new section 1 was substituted by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 3, and subsequently amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), section 83. Back to text
1934 c.41. Section 1(1) was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970 (c. 33) section 7, Schedule, and by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53) section 75, Schedule 9 Part 1. Back to text
1981 c.54. Back to text 10. 1984 c. 28. Section 52 was amended by the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12) section 10, Schedule 2 paragraph 2(2) and by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) section 125(3), Schedule 18 paragraph 43. Back to text
1984 c. 28. Section 52 was amended by the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12) section 10, Schedule 2 paragraph 2(2) and by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) section 125(3), Schedule 18 paragraph 43. Back to text Updated: Monday, 30 January 2017
Courts CourtsProcedure rulesCivilRules & Practice DirectionsPART 44 - GENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS PRACTICE DIRECTION 44 - GENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS	Accessibility