Paragraph 13 Determination of solicitors' disbursements
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the appropriate officer shall allow such disbursements claimed under paragraph 11 as appears to him to have been reasonably incurred, provided that:
if they are abnormally large by reason of the distance of the court or the assisted person’s residence or both from the solicitors' place of business, reimbursement of the expenses may be limited to what otherwise would, having regard to all the circumstances, be a reasonable amount; and
in the case of an appeal to the Court of Appeal, the cost of a transcript, or any part thereof, of the proceedings in the court from which the appeal lies obtained otherwise than through the registrar shall not be allowed except where the appropriate officer considers that it is reasonable in all the circumstances for such disbursement to be allowed.
No question as to the propriety of any step or act in relation to which prior authority has been obtained under CDS Regulations shall be raised on any determination of costs, unless the solicitor knew or ought reasonably to have known that the purpose for which the authority was given had failed or had become irrelevant or unnecessary before the costs were incurred.
Where costs are reasonably incurred in accordance with and subject to the limit imposed by a prior authority given under CDS Regulations, no question shall be raised on any determination of costs as to the amount of the payment to be allowed for the step or act in relation to which the authority was given.
Where costs are incurred in taking any steps or doing any act for which authority may be given under CDS Regulations, without such authority having been given or in excess of any fee so authorised, payment in respect of those costs may nevertheless be allowed on a determination of costs.