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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-45.12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2113",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-4-rules-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/45.12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45.12",
  "heading": "Claims for an amount of costs exceeding fixed recoverable costs",
  "text": "(1) The court will entertain a claim for an amount of costs (excluding any success fee or disbursements) greater than the fixed recoverable costs but only if it considers that there are exceptional circumstances making it appropriate to do so.\n(2) If the court considers such a claim appropriate, it may—\n(a) assess the costs; or\n(b) make an order for the costs to be assessed.\n(3) If the court does not consider the claim appropriate, it must make an order for fixed recoverable costs only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2113/schedule/2/paragraph/45.12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:01:26.051300+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."
}