C1PART 45FIXED COSTS
F1II ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS—FIXED RECOVERABLE COSTS IN COSTS-ONLY PROCEEDINGS
Pt. 45 Section 2 inserted (6.10.2003) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/2113), rule 1(c), Sch. 2 Pt. II (with rule 18)
Disbursements45.10
1
The court—
a
may allow a claim for a disbursement of a type mentioned in paragraph (2); but
b
must not allow a claim for any other type of disbursement.
2
The disbursements referred to in paragraph (1) are—
a
the cost of obtaining—
i
medical records;
ii
a medical report;
iii
a police report;
iv
an engineer’s report; or
v
a search of the records of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority;
b
the amount of an insurance premium F2or, where a F3membership organisation undertakes to meet liabilities incurred to pay the costs of other parties to proceedings, a sum not exceeding such additional amount of costs as would be allowed under section 30 in respect of provision made against the risk of having to meet such liabilities;
F4(“membership organisation” is defined in rule 43.2(1)(n))
c
where they are necessarily incurred by reason of one or more of the claimants being a child or patient as defined in Part 21—
i
fees payable for instructing counsel; or
ii
court fees payable on an application to the court;
d
any other disbursement that has arisen due to a particular feature of the dispute.
(“insurance premium” is defined in rule 43.2)
Pt. 45 applied (with modifications) (7.10.2001) by The Railway Administration Order Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/3352), rules 1.1, 6.21