# County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996, Part: Party and party costs in appeals under Article 15 of the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in relation to claims for compensation under that Order


Table 3:
A. Appellant’s Costs
Where the amount awarded is greater than the Secretary of State’s determination and does not exceed—
Solicitor’s costs
Counsel’s fee
(1)
(2)
(3)
£
£
£
NOTE:
1. Subject to the discretion of the Judge to certify otherwise, the scale of counsel’s fees in column (3) above relates only to the item or items in dispute and not to the value of the claim as a whole.
2. Where a case is settled more than 2 days prior to the court hearing, 85% of the appropriate amount in column (3) of the above table is payable as counsel’s fees.
3. Where the Judge considers it was proper for an applicant to instruct senior as well as junior counsel, the senior counsel’s fee will be one and a half times the appropriate figure in column (3) of the above table.
4. Where the amount awarded is in excess of £1,000,000 the Judge shall, unless the parties otherwise agree, certify the amount of solicitor’s costs and the amount allowed for counsel’s fees.
5. Where the case is one of exceptional complexity or difficulty the Judge may certify an amount exceeding the scale figures in columns (2) or (3) of the above table.
6. Nothing in this table or note shall derogate from the provisions of Rule 4 of Order 54 or Article 15(3) of the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.
7. The scale of solicitor’s costs in column (2) of the above table is inclusive of any costs (but not expenses) payable under Article 12(2) of the Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in respect of making out and verifying the claim to compensation up to the date of the Secretary of State’s determination.
8. (a) Where a solicitor conducts an appeal without counsel he shall, if the Judge so allows, be entitled to an enhancement of his costs in addition to the scale costs in column (2) of the above table; and
(b) the amount of any enhancement shall be in the discretion of the Judge, but shall not exceed 50% of the scale fee in column (3) of the above table to which counsel, if conducting the appeal, would have been entitled.
250
126
48
500
155
60
750
195
80
1,000
223
93
2,000
251
105
3,000
280
117
4,000
310
123
5,000
337
132
6,000
368
141
7,000
397
151
8,000
424
158
9,000
455
169
10,000
485
178
15,000
617
225
20,000
765
277
25,000
899
327
30,000
1,046
385
35,000
1,180
436
40,000
1,324
496
45,000
1,459
533
50,000
1,594
613
60,000
1,807
708
70,000
2,018
805
80,000
2,223
907
90,000
2,435
1,015
100,000
2,637
1,120
125,000
2,773
1,193
150,000
2,918
1,273
175,000
3,063
1,374
200,000
3,200
1,437
250,000
3,478
1,600
300,000
3,548
1,647
350,000
3,616
1,688
400,000
3,681
1,730
450,000
3,750
1,770
500,000
3,818
1,818
600,000
3,959
1,909
700,000
4,095
1,999
800,000
4,235
2,090
900,000
4,377
2,189
1,000,000
4,512
2,284

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/19/schedule/part/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/schedule/part-15
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