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44.1.—(1) In Parts 44 to 47, unless the context otherwise requires—
“authorised court officer” means any officer of—
whom the Lord Chancellor has authorised to assess costs;
“conditional fee agreement” means an agreement enforceable under section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ;
“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—
“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 2012, or a person entitled to exercise the functions of the Director;
[F6‘fixed costs’ means costs, the amounts of which are fixed by these Rules;]
“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 2007 .
(“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—
(i)costs of proceedings before an arbitrator or umpire;
(ii)costs of proceedings before a tribunal or other statutory body; and
(iii)costs payable by a client to their legal representative; and
(b)costs which are payable by one party to another party under the terms of a contract, where the court makes an order for an assessment of those costs.
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pts. 44-48 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 16, Sch. (with rule 22)
F2Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(i); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F3Words in rule 44.1(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 18(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F4Words in rule 44.1(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 18(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F5Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F6Words in rule 44.1(1) substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 14 (with rule 2)
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