{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-1999/rule-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-1999/rule-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1008",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-1999",
  "path": "rule/27",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In RSC Order 17–\n(a) rule 8 shall stand as paragraph (1) of rule 8; and\n(b) after rule 8(1), insert–\n“(2) Where the interpleader claimant fails to appear at the hearing, the Court may direct that the sheriff’s and execution creditor’s costs shall be assessed by a master or, where the hearing was heard in a district registry, by a district judge of that registry and the following CPR rules shall apply–\n(a) 44.4 (basis of assessment);\n(b) 44.5 (factors to be taken into account in deciding the amount of costs);\n(c) 48.4 (limitations on court’s power to award costs in favour of trustee or personal representative); and\n(d) 48.6 (litigants in person).\n(3) Where the claim in question is proceeding in the Admiralty Court or the Family Division, references in this rule to a Master shall be construed as references to the Admiralty Registrar or to a Registrar of that Division.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1008/rule/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:09.986560+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."
}