County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002

PART III Ejectments

TABLE 1: PLAINTIFF'S COSTS

		Solicitor’s costs	Counsel’s fee
(1)		(2)	(3)
1. See Order 55, Rule 14(1). Only 50% payable where defendant delivers up possession within 21 days of service of civil bill. 2. Counsel travelling to attend a court– (a) 20 to 50 miles from the Head Post Office, Belfast, is entitled to an additional sum of £20·00; (b) more than 50 miles from the Head Post Office, Belfast, is entitled to an additional sum of £40·00. Solicitor travelling to attend a court– (a) 20 to 50 miles from the solicitor’s office or, where the solicitor’s firm practises from more than one office, from the office which dealt with the proceedings is entitled to an additional sum of £20·00; (b) more than 50 miles from the solicitor’s office or, where the solicitor’s firm practises from more than one office, from the office which dealt with the proceedings is entitled to an additional sum of £40·00. Where a solicitor or counsel has conducted more than one case on the same day at the same venue, this fee may be claimed once only and the fee shall be divided proportionately over the number of cases conducted by the solicitor or counsel. 3. For each day or part of a day on which a trial or hearing is continued after the first day counsel and a solicitor in attendance are each entitled to an additional sum equivalent to one third of counsel’s scale fee.
Where the proceedings are for the recovery of possession of premises by a statutory body under statutory powers or which are not otherwise subject to the Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts (Northern Ireland) 1920 to 1956 and the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(1)
		£110·00	£54·00
In other cases–
where the valuation
i	does not exceed £500	£269·00	£102·00
ii	exceeds £500	£383·00	£192·00

TABLE 2: DEFENDANT'S COSTS

		Solicitor’s costs	Counsel’s fee
(1)		(2)	(3)
1. Counsel travelling to attend a court– (a) 20 to 50 miles from the Head Post Office, Belfast, is entitled to an additional sum of £20·00; (b) more than 50 miles from the Head Post Office, Belfast, is entitled to an additional sum of £40·00. Solicitor travelling to attend a court– (a) 20 to 50 miles from the solicitor’s office or, where the solicitor’s firm practises from more than one office, from the office which dealt with the proceedings is entitled to an additional sum of £20·00; (b) more than 50 miles from the solicitor’s office or, where the solicitor’s firm practises from more than one office, from the office which dealt with the proceedings is entitled to an additional sum of £40·00. Where a solicitor or counsel has conducted more than one case on the same day at the same venue, this fee may be claimed once only and the fee shall be divided proportionately over the number of cases conducted by the solicitor or counsel. 2. For each day or part of a day on which a trial or hearing is continued after the first day counsel and a solicitor in attendance are each entitled to an additional sum equivalent to one third of counsel’s scale fee.
Where the proceedings are for the recovery of possession of premises by a statutory body under statutory powers or which are not otherwise subject to the Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts (Northern Ireland) 1920 to 1956 and the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978		£110·00	£54·00
In other cases–
where the valuation
i	does not exceed £500	£269·00	£102·00
ii	exceeds £500	£383·00	£192·00

(1)

1978/1050 (N.I. 20)