Rule 47.19 Detailed assessment procedure where costs are payable out of a fund other than the community legal service fundF1

Where the court is to assess costs which are payable out of a fund other than the Community Legal Service Fund, the receiving party may commence detailed assessment proceedings by filing a request in the relevant practice form.

A request under paragraph (1) must be filed within 3 months after the date when the right to detailed assessment arose.

The court may direct that the party seeking assessment serve a copy of the request on any person who has a financial interest in the outcome of the assessment.

The court will, on receipt of the request for assessment, provisionally assess the costs without the attendance of the receiving party, unless the court considers that a hearing is necessary.

After the court has provisionally assessed the bill, it will return the bill to the receiving party.

The court will fix a date for an assessment hearing if the receiving party informs the court, within 14 days after receiving the provisionally assessed bill, that the receiving party wants the court to hold such a hearing.