{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-taxation-of-judicial-expenses-rules-2019/article-3.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-taxation-of-judicial-expenses-rules-2019/article-3.7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/75",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-taxation-of-judicial-expenses-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/3.7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3.7",
  "heading": "Reduction of charges",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies in any simple procedure case where expenses fall to be taxed or assessed by reference to a table of charges in schedule 5.\n(2) All charges allowed by the Auditor are to be reduced by 10%.\n(3) Unless the court otherwise directs, where the total value of the claim is £2500 or less, all charges ... reduced in accordance with paragraph (2), are to be further reduced—\n(a) where the total value of the claim is less than £1000, by 50%;\n(b) otherwise by 25%.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 3.7(1) substituted (10.10.2026) by Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) (Amendment) 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/238), paras. 1(2), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.7(3) omitted (10.10.2026) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) (Amendment) 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/238), paras. 1(2), 2(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 3.7 heading substituted (10.10.2026) by Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) (Amendment) 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/238), paras. 1(2), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.7 in force at 29.4.2019, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/75/article/3.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:44.731043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}