Costs

Costs payment order

Must be complied with within 14 days

Costs order with amount stated

Pay within 14 days of judgment or order

Costs order with amount assessed later

Pay within 14 days of the costs certificate

Summary assessment of costs

Usually carried out at the hearing

Statement of costs (summary assessment)

Serve at least 24 hours before hearing

Costs statement deadline

24 hours before hearing

Notice of commencement

Starts detailed assessment proceedings

Bill of costs

Detailed breakdown of costs claimed

Points of dispute

Paying party's objections to items in the bill of costs

Points of dispute deadline

21 days from notice of commencement

Failure to dispute costs

Risk that costs will be assessed as claimed

Detailed assessment

Procedure used where costs are not summarily assessed

14-day costs rule

Pay costs within 14 days

24-hour costs rule

Serve statement of costs 24 hours before hearing

21-day costs rule

Serve points of dispute within 21 days

Costs budget (Precedent H)

Usually filed 21 days before first CMC

Claim under £50,000

Costs budget filed with Directions Questionnaire

Failure to file costs budget

Costs limited to court fees only

Costs budget contents

Must include assumptions and contingencies

Assumptions

Expected future steps in the litigation

Contingencies

Possible future events that may increase costs

Disclosure report

Filed at least 14 days before first CMC

Draft directions

Filed at least 7 days before CMC

Budget discussion report (Precedent R)

Filed and exchanged at least 7 days before CMC

Precedent H

Costs budget

Precedent R

Budget discussion report

Budget discussion report purpose

Identifies which budget figures are agreed and disputed

CMC costs management

Court reviews and approves costs budgets

Statement of reasons requirement

Needed where there is a 20%+ difference between budgeted and claimed costs

20% rule

Applies on detailed assessment if claimed costs exceed or differ from budget by 20% or more

Detailed assessment

Court reviews disputed legal costs

Costs budget deadline

21 days before first CMC

Disclosure report deadline

14 days before first CMC

Draft directions deadline

7 days before CMC

Precedent R deadline

7 days before CMC