Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 to;

(a)increase the costs allowed to a litigant in person and the fixed costs recoverable under Appendix 3 of Order 62;

(b)provide for short form taxation in respect of individual items or disbursement in dispute; and

(c)substitute a new Order 100 to provide for applications under the Trade Marks Act 1994, the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995 and the Olympic Association Right (Infringement Proceedings) Regulations 1995.