[F1PART 45E+WFIXED COSTS

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SECTION IIIE+W[F2The Pre-Action Protocols for Low Value Personal Injury Claims In Road Traffic Accidents and Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims.]

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DisbursementsE+W

45.19.—(1) The court—

(a)may allow a claim for a disbursement of a type mentioned in [F3paragraphs (2) or (3)]; but

(b)will not allow a claim for any other type of disbursement.

(2) [F4In a claim to which either the RTA Protocol or EL/PL Protocol applies, the disbursements] referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)the cost of obtaining—

(i)medical records;

[F5(ii)a medical report or reports or non-medical expert reports as provided for in the relevant Protocol;]

F6(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)court fees as a result of Part 21 being applicable;

(c)court fees payable where proceedings are started as a result of a limitation period that is about to expire;

(d)court fees in respect of the Stage 3 Procedure; [F8and]

(e)any other disbursement that has arisen due to a particular feature of the dispute.

[F9(3) In a claim to which the RTA Protocol applies, the disbursements referred to in paragraph (1) are also the cost of—

(a)an engineer’s report; and

(b)a search of the records of the—

(i)Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority; and

(ii)Motor Insurance Database.]]

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