PART 47PROCEDURE FOR DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND DEFAULT PROVISIONS

SECTION V—INTERIM COSTS CERTIFICATE AND FINAL COSTS CERTIFICATE

Final costs certificate47.16

1

In this rule a completed bill means a bill which the receiving party has calculated to show the amount due following the detailed assessment of the costs.

2

The period for filing the completed bill is 14 days after the end of the detailed assessment hearing.

3

When a completed bill is filed the court will issue a final costs certificate and serve it on the parties to the detailed assessment proceedings.

4

Paragraph (3) is subject to any order made by the court that a certificate is not to be issued until other costs have been paid.

5

A final costs certificate will include an order to pay the costs to which it relates, unless the court orders otherwise.

(The costs practice direction deals with the form of a final costs certificate)