[F1Court to have regard to budgets and to take account of costsE+W
3.17.—(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.
[F2(3) Subject to rule 3.15A, the court—
(a)may not approve costs incurred [F3up 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.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3 Sections 2, 3 inserted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(h) (with rule 22)
F2Rule 3.17(3)(4) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rules 1(1), 4(5)
F3Words in rule 3.17(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/117), rules 1(1), 5
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Rules 3.12-3.18 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2015) by S.I. 2007/1744, rule 160 (as substituted by The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/548), rules 1(2)(b), 52)