Regulation 19 Amendments to Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989

(1)

In regulation 122(1):

(a)

for “review by a judge of a taxation” there shall be substituted “appeal against a detailed assessment under CPR rule 47.22(2) or (3)”;

(b)

for “particular review” there shall be substituted “particular such appeal”;

(c)

for “review of taxation” there shall be substituted “such appeal”.

(2)

Regulation 122(2) shall be deleted.

(3)

In regulation 122(3):

(a)

for “applies to a judge to review the inter partes taxation” there shall be substituted “appeals against a detailed assessment of costs payable by one party to another”;

(b)

for “applies to a judge to review any such taxation as is referred to in” there shall be substituted “appeals against a detailed assessment in accordance with”;

(c)

for the words from “inform the Board” to “the Lord Chancellor” there shall be substituted “inform the Lord Chancellor”.

(d)

for “subject of the review is an inter partes taxation” there shall be substituted “subject of the appeal is a detailed assessment of costs payable by one party to another”.

(4)

In regulation 122(4):

(a)

for “intervene in a review of taxation” there shall be substituted “intervene in an appeal against a detailed assessment”;

(b)

for “judge” there shall be substituted “costs officer”;

(c)

for “on the review” there shall be substituted “on the appeal”.

(5)

In regulation 122(5), for “review” there shall be substituted “appeal”.

(6)

For regulation 122(6) there shall be substituted:

“(6)

Where rules of court provide for a further appeal from a decision on appeal from a detailed assessment (“the original appeal”), a solicitor appointed by the Lord Chancellor under paragraph (1) may appeal from the original appeal and paragraphs (2) to (5) shall apply to such a further appeal as it applies to the original appeal.”.