{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-45.34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-45.34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/45.34",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "45.34",
  "heading": "Additional advice on the value of the claim",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the value of the claim for damages is more than £10,000;\n(b) an additional advice has been obtained from a specialist legal representative, and that advice—\n(i) is within the legal representative’s specialist expertise; and\n(ii) is reasonably required to value the claim,\nthe fixed costs may include an additional amount equivalent to the Stage 3 Type C fixed costs.\n(2) In a claim to which the RTA Protocol applies—\n(a) vehicle related damages are excluded for the purpose of valuing a claim under paragraph (1)(a); and\n(b) ‘vehicle related damages’ has the meaning ascribed to it by paragraph 1.1(18) of the RTA Protocol.",
  "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/45.34",
    "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."
}