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Rule 7.40 Applications for costsF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)
(1)

This Rule applies where a party to, or person affected by, any proceedings in an insolvency–

(a)

applies to the court for an order allowing his costs, or part of them, incidental to the proceedings, and

(b)

that application is not made at the time of the proceedings.

(2)

The person concerned shall serve a sealed copy of his application on the responsible insolvency practitioner, and, in winding up by the court or bankruptcy, on the official receiver.

(3)

The insolvency practitioner and, where appropriate, the official receiver may appear on the application.

(4)

No costs of or incidental to the application shall be allowed to the applicant unless the court is satisfied that the application could not have been made at the time of the proceedings.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 7 Ch. 6 substituted (26.4.1999) by The Insolvency (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1022), rule 1, Sch. para. 3