[F1Reference to conveyancing counselE+W
40.18—(1) The court may direct conveyancing counsel to investigate and prepare a report on the title of any land or to draft any document.
(2) The court may take the report on title into account when it decides the issue in question.
(Provisions dealing with the fees payable to conveyancing counsel are set out in [F2paragraph 5.2 of Practice Direction 44.] )]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 40 Section 2 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 2
F2Words in rule 40.18 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 17