F1PART 45FIXED COSTS
SECTION VIFixed Costs in the Fast Track
Preliminary issue or separate trial45.48
1
Where a costs order is made in favour of a party in respect of a preliminary issue, that party is entitled to the fixed costs in Table 12 for the stage applicable at the date the preliminary issue is concluded, together with such disbursements as are allowed in accordance with Section IX of this Part.
2
Where a claim continues following the conclusion of a preliminary issue and a costs order is made in favour of a party on conclusion of the claim, that party shall be entitled to—
a
additional fixed costs, if it is the party in whose favour a costs order is made under paragraph (1); or
b
fixed costs, if the party is not a party in whose favour a costs order is made under paragraph (1),
being in either case the amount specified for the stage in Table 12 within which the claim concludes, less the applicable amount in stage B(1), together with such disbursements as are allowed in accordance with Section IX of this Part.
Pt. 45 substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rule 1(1), Sch. 3 (with rule 2)