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Paragraph 12

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After rule 46(2), there shall be inserted the following—

“(3)

Where one of the parties so requests or in the circumstances specified in the relevant practice direction, the Registrar may make a provisional assessment of costs without the attendance of the parties.

(4)

The Registrar must inform the parties in writing of the outcome of a provisional assessment and, if a party is dissatisfied with the outcome and points of disagreement cannot be resolved in correspondence, the Registrar shall appoint a date for an oral hearing.

(5)

Any request for an oral hearing following a provisional assessment of costs must be made within 14 days of the receipt of the Registrar’s decision on the assessment.”.