# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Part 45: FIXED COSTS


Contents of this Part
Title
Number
I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Scope of this Part
Rule 45.1
VAT
Rule 45.2
Additional costs for work in specified areas (‘London weighting’)
Rule 45.3
Litigants in person
Rule 45.4
Entitlement to costs - more than one claimant
Rule 45.5
Defendants’ costs - assessment
Rule 45.6
Counterclaims
Rule 45.7
Pre-action and interim applications
Rule 45.8
Claims for an amount of costs exceeding fixed recoverable costs
Rule 45.9
Claims for an amount of costs exceeding fixed recoverable costs - vulnerability
Rule 45.10
Failure to achieve costs greater than fixed recoverable costs
Rule 45.11
Costs of the costs-only proceedings or the detailed assessment
Rule 45.12
Unreasonable behaviour
Rule 45.13
Costs consequences on reconsideration of track or complexity band
Rule 45.14
Costs consequences where rules 36.23 or 36.24 apply
Rule 45.15
Restoration proceedings
45.15A
II COMMENCEMENT, ENTRY OF JUDGMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
Scope and application
Rule 45.16
Amount of fixed commencement costs in a claim for the recovery of money or goods
Rule 45.17
When defendant only liable for fixed commencement costs
Rule 45.18
Fixed costs on entry of judgment in a claim for the recovery of money or goods
Rule 45.19
Amount of fixed commencement costs in a claim for the recovery of land (including possession) or a demotion claim or prohibited conduct standard contract claim (Wales)
Rule 45.20
Fixed costs on entry of judgment in a claim for the recovery of land (including possession) or a demotion claim or prohibited conduct standard contract claim (Wales)
Rule 45.21
Miscellaneous fixed costs
Rule 45.22
Fixed costs of enforcement
Rule 45.23
III HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
Scope, interpretation and application
Rule 45.24
Amount of fixed commencement costs in a County Court claim for the recovery of money conducted by an HMRC Officer
Rule 45.25
Fixed costs on entry of judgment in a county court claim for recovery of money conducted by an HMRC Officer
Rule 45.26
IV THE PRE ACTION PROTOCOLS FOR LOW VALUE PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND LOW VALUE PERSONAL INJURY (EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY AND PUBLIC LIABILITY) CLAIMS
Scope and interpretation
Rule 45.27
Application of fixed costs and disbursements
Rule 45.28
Amount of fixed costs
Rule 45.29
Where the claimant obtains judgment for an amount more than the defendant’s relevant Protocol offer
Rule 45.30
Settlement at Stage 2 or Stage 3 where the claimant is a child
Rule 45.31
Where the court orders that the claim is not suitable to be determined under the Stage 3 procedure and the claimant is a child
Rule 45.32
Settlement before proceedings are issued under Stage 3
Rule 45.33
Additional advice on value of claim
Rule 45.34
Failure to comply or electing not to continue with the relevant Protocol - costs consequences
Rule 45.35
Where the parties have settled after proceedings have started
Rule 45.36
Where the claimant obtains judgment for an amount equal to or less than the defendant’s RTA Protocol offer
Rule 45.37
Adjournment
Rule 45.38
Account of payment of Stage 1 fixed costs
Rule 45.39
Costs-only application after a claim is started under Part 8 in accordance with Practice Direction 49F
Rule 45.40
V THE PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL FOR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS BELOW THE SMALL CLAIMS LIMIT IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Failure to comply with, or electing not to continue under, the RTA Small Claims Protocol
Rule 45.41
Claims which do not continue under the RTA Small Claims Protocol
Rule 45.42
VI FIXED COSTS IN THE FAST TRACK
Scope
Rule 45.43
Amount of fixed costs
Rule 45.44
Fixed costs
Rule 45.45
Specialist legal advice
Rule 45.46
Advice obtained in claims started under the RTA Protocol or the EL/PL Protocol
Rule 45.47
Preliminary issue or separate trial
Rule 45.48
VII FIXED COSTS IN THE INTERMEDIATE TRACK
Scope
Rule 45.49
Amount of fixed costs
Rule 45.50
Preliminary issue or separate trial
Rule 45.51
VIII CLAIMS FOR NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS
Scope
rule 45.52
Amount of fixed costs
rule 45.53
More than one defendant
rule 45.54
Preliminary issues trials
rule 45.55
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IX DISBURSEMENTS
Scope of this Section
rule 45.57
Disbursements - Section IV
rule 45.58
Disbursements - Section VI
rule 45.59
Disbursements - Section VII
rule 45.60
Disbursements - Section VIII
rule 45.61
Soft tissue injury and whiplash injury claims
rule 45.62
X FIXED COSTS DETERMINATION
Summary determination after hearing
Rule 45.63
Determination where all parties agree on all issues except costs
Rule 45.64
Court’s power to direct assessment in conjunction with fixed costs determination
Rule 45.65
Non-application of Part 36
Rule 45.66

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-45
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