Rule 40.18 Reference to conveyancing counselF1
England and Wales
The court may direct conveyancing counsel to investigate and prepare a report on the title of any land or to draft any document.
The court may take the report on title into account when it decides the issue in question.
(Provisions dealing with the fees payable to conveyancing counsel are set out in F2paragraph 5.2 of Practice Direction 44. )
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. 40 Section 2 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 2
- F2
Words in rule 40.18 substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 17
Notes on Part 40
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. 40 heading substituted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rules 1(b), 18(1)
- F2
Pt. 40 Table of Contents substituted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 1
- F3
Words in Pt. 40 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 16(a)(i) (with rule 41)
- F4
Words in Pt. 40 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 16(a)(ii) (with rule 41)
- F5
Words in Pt. 40 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 16(a)(iii) (with rule 41)
- F6
Words in Pt. 40 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 16(a)(iv) (with rule 41)