{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-55/rule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-55/rule-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/55/rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scales of costs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to Rule 7(2), in all actions, suits and matters and other proceedings [ . . .] there shall be payable—\n(a) to counsel and solicitors, costs according to the scales set out in Appendix 2 and subject to the provisions hereinafter in this Order specified;\n(b) to or in respect of witnesses, fees and expenses subject to the provisions hereinafter in rule 6 specified.\n[(1A) The costs awarded to solicitors and counsel in an appeal—\n(a) under Article 15 of the 1977 Order shall be in accordance with Table 3 of Part VII of Appendix 2;\n(b) under Article 16 of the 1988 Order shall be in accordance with Table 4 of Part VII of Appendix 2; and\n(c) under section 28(5) of the 1978 Act or section 63(4) of the 1991 Act shall be in accordance with Table 5 of Part VII of Appendix 2.]\n[ . . .]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words deleted by S.R. 1993 No. 322 with effect from 01.09.93"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Rule 1A inserted by S.R. 1992 No. 248 with effect from 01.07.92"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/55/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}