# County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 to make a number of changes to the scale costs for solicitor and counsel prescribed in Appendix 2 including:
a reduction in the number of bands of costs for proceedings commenced by ordinary civil bill and an increase in the amount of costs payable;
an increase in costs payable in respect of travelling and for drafting a reply to notice for further particulars;
to otherwise increase costs by 4.3%;
the introduction of discretionary costs for drafting a notice for particulars;
combining in one Part the costs for title and equity suits reducing the number of bands of costs;
provision for enhancing costs by one third in certain complex cases; and
other minor or consequential changes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/412/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-2-rules-northern-ireland-2002/note
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