Part IIE+W Jurisdiction and Transfer of Proceedings

Transfer of proceedingsE+W

45 Costs in transferred cases. E+W

(1)Where an action, counterclaim or matter is ordered to be transferred—

(a)from the High Court to [F1the county court] ; or

(b)from [F1the county court] to the High [F2Court,]

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the costs of the whole proceedings both before and after the transfer shall, subject to any order of the court which ordered the transfer, be in the discretion of the court to which the proceedings are transferred; and that court shall have power to make orders with respect to the costs F4. . ., and the costs of the whole proceedings shall be taxed in that court.

F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1Words in ss. 36-147 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(1)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F2Words in s. 45(1)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(11)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F3S. 45(1)(c) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 10(11)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 45 excluded by S.I. 1988/1328, rule 23