The Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991

Amendment of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Amendment Regulations 1989

109.—(1) Without prejudice to section 51(6) of the Supreme Court Act 1981(1), Order 62, rules 10 and 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965(2) or toOrder 38, rule 1(3) of the County Court Rules(3), on any taxation of an assisted person’s costs in connection with proceedings (which are not authorised summary proceedings) any wasted costs shall be disallowed or reduced, and where the solicitor has without good reason delayed putting in his bill for taxation the whole of the costs may be disallowed or reduced.

(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph:—

“(3) In this regulation “wasted costs” has the same meaning as in section 51(7) of the Supreme Court Act 1981.”

(1)

1981 c. 54. Section 51(6) was substituted by section 4 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41).

(2)

S.I. 1965/1776; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/1884.

(3)

S.I. 1981/1687; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1986/636.