Solicitors Act 1974

67 Inclusion of disbursements in bill of costs.E+W

A solicitor’s bill of costs may include costs payable in discharge of a liability properly incurred by him on behalf of the party to be charged with the bill (including counsel’s fees) notwithstanding that those costs have not been paid before the delivery of the bill to that party; but those costs—

(a)shall be described in the bill as not then paid; and

(b)if the bill is [F1assessed] , shall not be allowed by the [F2costs officer] unless they are paid before the [F3assessment] is completed.