ARCHIVED: This Practice Note provided information on the Bill of Costs pilot scheme which came to an end on 30 September 2017. This Practice Note is therefore for...
Extension of the Electronic Working Pilot scheme to the SCCO The 110th Practice Direction update, effective from 7 October 2019, extends the application of the Electronic...
Costs budgets and related documents Note an update to the costs budget (Precedent H) on 3 October 2016 resulted in minimal changes: • the date was added to the Statement...
Court’s discretion The court has a discretion what costs to order and on what basis, see Practice Note: Costs assessment—general principles. Within this discretion, the...
What is costs budgeting and detailed assessment Costs budgeting was introduced in 2013 with the Jackson reforms while detailed assessment was a pre-existing procedure. In...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. It only contains guidance on appealing the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. How to commence detailed assessment proceedings...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. When to apply for a certificate A default costs...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. Since the introduction of the Supreme Court the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. Since the introduction of the Supreme Court the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. Since the introduction of the Supreme Court the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. What are they? The points of dispute set out...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. Making an offer If you are acting for the...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is based on provisions revoked on 1 April 2013. It is therefore for historical purposes only. Detailed assessment is the procedure by which...
Note: this Practice Note only contains guidance on appealing the decision of an authorised court officer in detailed assessment proceedings. It does not cover appealing a...
Any detailed assessment proceedings should be brought under the provisions within CPR 47 and CPR PD 47 in force as at the date of commencement. This Practice Note should...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note provided guidance on the requirements for a bill of costs for detailed assessment prior to 1 October 2017 under both old Part 47 and old...
The UK has voted to leave the EU and this will take place on exit day as defined in section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This has implications for the...
Requirement for an electronic bill of costs The use in detailed assessment proceedings of a self-calculating, spreadsheet format for electronic bills of costs is...
How the costs of a detailed assessment dealt with The court will usually summarily assess the costs associated with the detailed assessment at the conclusion of those...
What is a default costs certificate? The default costs certificate certifies the amount the paying party must pay to the receiving party if it does not file points of...
What is an interim costs certificate? An interim certificate is a certificate ordered by the court at any time after the receiving party has filed a request for a...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is now archived and will not be updated. CPR provisions The provisions for detailed assessment are set out in CPR 47 and practice direction...
What are points of dispute? The receiving party produces a bill of costs which sets out the costs it is seeking to claim under the detailed assessment procedure. The...
This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with: Request for detailed assessment—checklist and Practice Note: Costs and proportionality. Applicable rules Generally,...
What is detailed assessment? Detailed assessment is the procedure by which the amount of costs payable by one party, the paying party who is generally the losing party,...
The general rule The general rule is that the costs of each part of the substantive proceedings in any claim (save for interim applications) will fall to be determined by...
This Practice Note is concerned with the court’s approach to costs assessment where a costs management order (CMO) is in place and covers, specifically, the assessment of...
This Practice Note considers the application of CPR 36 where Part 36 offers are made to settle detailed assessment proceedings commenced under CPR 47. For guidance...
ARCHIVED: This Tracker followed the progress of the introduction of the new electronic bill of costs (precedent S) which came into force on 6 April 2018. This Tracker is...