{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-44.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/44",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "General Rules about Costs",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nSECTION I GENERAL\n44.1\nInterpretation and application\n44.2\nCourt’s discretion as to costs\n44.3\nBasis of assessment\n44.4\nFactors to be taken into account in deciding the amount of costs\n44.5\nAmount of costs where costs are payable under a contract\n44.6\nProcedure for assessing costs\n44.7\nTime for complying with an order for costs\n44.8\nLegal representative’s duty to notify the party\n44.9\nCases where costs orders deemed to have been made\n44.10\nWhere the court makes no order for costs\n44.11\nCourt’s powers in relation to misconduct\n44.12\nSet off\nSECTION II QUALIFIED ONE-WAY COSTS SHIFTING\n44.13\nQualified one-way costs shifting: scope and interpretation\n44.14\nEffect of qualified one-way costs shifting\n44.15\nExceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission not required\n44.16\nExceptions to qualified one-way costs shifting where permission required\n44.17\nTransitional provision\nSECTION III DAMAGES-BASED AGREEMENTS\n44.18\nAward of costs where there is a damages-based agreement",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}