COUNTY COURTS Citation and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules 1989. 2 In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, an Order referred to by number means the Order so numbered in the County Court Rules 1981 and Appendix A, B or C means Appendix A, B or C to those Rules. Costs 2 Order 38, rule 13(2) shall be amended by substituting, for the figures “£16.00” and “£22.50”, the figures “£17.00” and “£24.00” respectively. 3 Order 38, rule 14(1) shall be amended by substituting, for the figures “£22.50”, “£45.50” and “£89.50” wherever they appear in the Table, the figures “£24.00”, “£48.00” and “£95.00” respectively. 4 Appendix A shall be amended by substituting, for the entries in the last 3 columns corresponding to the numbered items, the following– Item No. Scale 1 £ 100–500 Scale 2 £ 500–3,000 Scale 3 £ 3,000+ 1 FOR ALL SCALES6.50–26.50 2 FOR ALL SCALES6.50–25.50 3 FOR ALL SCALES4.60 per page (or proportionately)3.10 per page (or proportionately) 4 a FOR ALL SCALES0.55 per page0.93 per page1.27 per page b FOR ALL SCALES0.19 per page0.36 per page 5 FOR ALL SCALES11–70 6 such sum as is fair and reasonable not exceeding 389 such sum as is fair and reasonable not exceeding 996 Discretionary 7 6.50 6.50 11.00 8 FOR ALL SCALES11.00 9 not exceeding not exceeding not exceeding a 29 80 99 b 6.50–14 6.50–21 6.50–27.50 10 FOR ALL SCALES3.50–10.50 11 not exceeding not exceeding not exceeding a 49 118 171 b 6.50–16 6.50–58.50 6.50–85 12 a 28–100 34.50–231 Discretionary b 14–51.50 17.50–116 Discretionary c 10.50–41 13–57 15–79.50 d FOR ALL SCALES20 e On conference in chambers or elsewhere: for each half hour or part thereof 6.50 10.50 15 and for leading counsel 7.50 18 28 f 6.50–11 11–29 13–41.50 g 4–12 12–34.50 14–70.50 h 7.50–20 20–57 23.50–116.50 13 a 7.65–20.50 7.65–57 7.65–73 b 7.65 7.65–20.50 7.65–29.50 . 5 Appendix B, Part I, paragraph 4 shall be amended by substituting, for the Tables of Fixed Costs, the following Tables– TABLES OF FIXED COSTS TABLE I Where claim exceeds £25 but does not exceed £250 Amount of charges £ a Where service is not by solicitor 21.00 b Where service is by solicitor 23.50 TABLE II Where claim exceeds £250 but does not exceed £600 Amount of charges £ a Where service is not by solicitor 28.00 b Where service is by solicitor 33.00 TABLE III Where claim exceeds £600 but does not exceed £2,000 Amount of charges £ a Where service is not by solicitor 47.00 b Where service is by solicitor 52.00 TABLE IV Where claim exceeds £2,000 Amount of charges £ a Where service is not by solicitor 51.00 b Where service is by solicitor 56.00 . 6 Appendix B, Part II shall be amended by substituting, for the Table, the following Table– FIXED COSTS ON JUDGMENTS Column 1 Column 2 Sum of Money A B C Exceeding £25 but not exceeding £600 Exceeding £600 but not exceeding £3,000 Exceeding £3,000 £ £ £ a Where judgment is entered in a default action in default of defence 7.50 14.00 15.50 b Where judgment is entered on the defendant’s admission and the plaintiff’s acceptance of his proposal as to mode of payment 13.00 27.50 32.00 c Where judgment is entered on an admission delivered by the defendant and the court’s decision is given as to the date of payment or instalments by which payment is to be made 17.50 35.00 41.50 d Where judgment is given in a fixed date action for– i delivery of goods, or ii possession of land suspended on payment of arrears of rent, whether claimed or not, in addition to current rent and the defendant has neither delivered a defence, admission or counter-claim nor otherwise denied liability 26.00 39.00 48.00 Exceeding £500 but not exceeding £3,000 Exceeding £3,000 e Where summary judgment is given under Order 9, rule 14 60.50 69.00 7 Appendix B, Part III shall be amended by substituting, for paragraphs (a) and (b) of item 7 and for the amounts to be allowed corresponding to the numbered items, the following– Amount to be allowed £ 1 8.50 2 8.50 3 1.50 4 5.50 5 17.00 6 5.50 7 a where the money recovered is less than £60 one half of the amount recovered b where the money recovered is not less than £60 31.50 8 31.50 9 5.25 . 8 Appendix C, paragraph 2 shall be amended by substituting, for the Table, the following– Column 1 Scale Column 2 Amount of Charges Lower Scale 39.00–60.50 Scale 1 43.50–110.00 Scale 2 68.00–412.50 Scale 3 99.00–497.00 Part II of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 9 Order 47, rule 6 shall be amended as follows– 1 In the heading, after the figures “1973”, there shall be added the words “and Part II of the Family Law Reform Act 1987”. 2 For the word “minor”, wherever occurring in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) otherwise than in the expression “the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971” or “the Guardianship of Minors Acts 1971 and 1973”, there shall be substituted the word “child”. 3 In paragraph (1), after the words “under that Act”, there shall be inserted the words “or under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987”. 4 In paragraph (2), after the figures “1973”, there shall be inserted the words “or under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987”. 5 In paragraph (3), the words “(as applied by section 4(3D) of the Guardianship Act 1973 )” shall be omitted. 6 After paragraph (3), there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs– 3A Subject to the provisions of these rules, R.S.C. Order 90, rule 6A shall apply to applications made under sections 11B, 11C and 11D of the said Act of 1971. 3B A respondent to an application under the said sections 11B, 11C or 11D, who wishes to dispute paternity of the child with respect to whom the application is made,– a shall file an answer; and b shall not, unless the court otherwise directs, be required to file an affidavit under R.S.C. Order 90, rule 6A(4). 3C Without prejudice to Order 14, any party to an application under the said sections 11B, 11C or 11D may by letter require any other party– a to give further information concerning any matter contained in any affidavit filed by or on behalf of that other party or any other relevant matter, or b to furnish a list of relevant documents or to allow inspection of any such document, and may, in default of compliance by the other party, apply to the registrar for directions. . 7 In paragraph (5), after the words “Acts of 1971 and 1973”, there shall be inserted the words “and under Part II of the Family Law Reform Act 1987”. 8 After paragraph (5), there shall be inserted the following new paragraph– 6 Applications under sections 9 and 10 of the said Act of 1971– a which are unopposed; or b for an order in terms agreed by the parties, and applications under sections 11B, 11C and 11D of that Act may be made to the registrar and he may make such order as he thinks fit or may refer to the judge any matter which he thinks should properly be decided by the judge. . We, the undersigned members of the Rule Committee appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984 , having by virtue of the powers vested in us in that behalf made the foregoing Rules, do hereby certify the same under our hands and submit them to the Lord Chancellor accordingly. C. S. Stuart-White R. Lockett Nigel Fricker R. Greenslade Patrick Eccles Gillian Stuart-Brown Deirdre McKinney R. E. Hammerton K. H. P. Wilkinson Timothy Stow R. C. Newport I allow these Rules, which shall come into force on 1st April 1989. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 8th March 1989