{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-45.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-45.31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/45.31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "45.31",
  "heading": "Settlement at Stage 2 or Stage 3 where the claimant is a child",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where—\n(a) the claimant is a child;\n(b) there is a settlement—\n(i) at Stage 2 of the relevant Protocol; or\n(ii) after proceedings are started under the Stage 3 Procedure and the settlement is more than the defendant’s relevant Protocol offer; and\n(c) an application is made to the court to approve the settlement.\n(2) Where the court approves the settlement—\n(a) where paragraph (1)(b)(i) applies, at a settlement hearing at Stage 2 of the relevant Protocol; or\n(b) where paragraph (1)(b)(ii) applies, at the settlement hearing under the Stage 3 procedure,\nit shall order the defendant to pay—\n(i) the Stage 1 and 2 fixed costs;\n(ii) the Stage 3 Type A, B and C fixed costs; and\n(iii) disbursements allowed in accordance with Section IX of this Part.\n(3) Where the court does not approve the settlement—\n(a) at a settlement hearing at Stage 2 of the relevant Protocol; or\n(b) at the settlement hearing under the Stage 3 procedure,\nit shall order the defendant to pay the Stage 1 and 2 fixed costs.\n(4) Paragraphs (5) and (6) apply where the court does not approve the settlement at the first settlement hearing but does approve the settlement at—\n(a) where paragraph (1)(b)(i) applies, a second settlement hearing; or\n(b) where paragraph (1)(b)(ii) applies, the Stage 3 hearing.\n(5) At the second settlement hearing or Stage 3 hearing, as appropriate, the court shall order the defendant to pay—\n(a) the Stage 3 Type A and C fixed costs for the first settlement hearing;\n(b) disbursements allowed in accordance with Section IX of this Part; and\n(c) the Stage 3 Type B fixed costs for one of the hearings.\n(6) The court in its discretion may also order—\n(a) the defendant to pay an additional amount of either or both the Stage 3—\n(i) Type A fixed costs;\n(ii) Type B fixed costs; or\n(b) the claimant to pay an amount equivalent to either or both of the Stage 3—\n(i) Type A fixed costs;\n(ii) Type B fixed costs.\n(7) Where paragraph (1)(b)(ii) applies and the settlement is not approved at the Stage 3 hearing the court shall order the defendant to pay the Stage 3 Type A fixed costs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 45 substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rule 1(1), Sch. 3 (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/45.31",
    "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."
}