C1PART 3THE COURT'S CASE F1AND COSTS MANAGEMENT POWERS

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F1

Words in Pt. 3 heading inserted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(a) (with rule 22)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)

F2SECTION IICosts Management

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Court to have regard to budgets and to take account of costsC23.17

1

When making any case management decision, the court will have regard to any available budgets of the parties and will take into account the costs involved in each procedural step.

2

Paragraph (1) applies whether or not the court has made a costs management order.

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Subject to rule 3.15A, the court—

a

may not approve costs incurred F4up to and including the date of any costs management hearing; but

b

may record its comments on those costs and take those costs into account when considering the reasonableness and proportionality of all budgeted costs.

4

If an interim application is made but is not included in a budget, the court may, if it considers it reasonable not to have included the application in the budget, treat the costs of such interim application as additional to the approved budgets.