Part 44 General Rules about CostsC1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 F1

Contents of this Part

	SECTION I GENERAL

44.1	Interpretation and application
44.2	Court’s discretion as to costs
44.3	Basis of assessment
44.4	Factors to be taken into account in deciding the amount of costs
44.5	Amount of costs where costs are payable under a contract
44.6	Procedure for assessing costs
44.7	Time for complying with an order for costs
44.8	Legal representative’s duty to notify the party
44.9	Cases where costs orders deemed to have been made
44.10	Where the court makes no order for costs
44.11	Court’s powers in relation to misconduct
44.12	Set off
	SECTION II QUALIFIED ONE-WAY COSTS SHIFTING
44.13	Qualified one-way costs shifting: scope and interpretation
44.14	Effect of qualified one-way costs shifting
44.15	Exceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission not required
44.16	Exceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission required
44.17	Transitional provision

	SECTION III DAMAGES-BASED AGREEMENTS

44.18	Award of costs where there is a damages-based agreement

Annotations

F1: Pts. 44-48 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 16, Sch. (with rule 22)

C1: Pt. 44 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2015) by S.I. 2007/1744, rule 160 (as substituted by The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/548), rules 1(2)(b), 52)
C2: Pt. 44 applied (5.7.2018) by The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/719), rules 1.1, 4.29(3) (with rule 1.2)
C3: Pt. 44 applied (31.1.2019) by The Education Administration Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/1135), rules 1, 4.27(3) (with rule 1.2)
C4: Pt. 44 applied (1.8.2020) by The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/629), rules 1, 120(3) (with rule 4(1))
C5: Pt. 44 applied (with modifications) (12.11.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1178), rules 2, 187, 223-231 (with rule 5)
C6: Pt. 44 applied (18.7.2023) by The Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/712), rules 1(2)(a), 116(3) (with rule 2)