{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Debt Proceedings",
  "text": "TABLE 1: PLAINTIFF’S COSTS (UNDEFENDED PROCEEDINGS)\nIn proceedings where amount decreed—\nSolicitor’s costs\n(1)\n(2)\n1For proceedings treated as undefended see Rule 72.\n2See Rule 57(2): Only 50% of costs specified in column (2) payable where defendant pays amount due before entry day.\nJudgements Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981: Part VIII – Costs of enforcement order under Rule 128(2)(a) shall be in accordance with this Table as if the total amount ordered to be paid were the amount decreed. Costs of a committal order following upon an enforcement order or an attachment of earnings order shall be one half of amount of costs appropriate to an enforcement order.\n(i) does not exceed £30\n£10.00\n(ii) exceeds £30\n£15.00\nTABLE 2: PLAINTIFF’S COSTS (DEFENDED PROCEEDINGS)\nIn actions where amount decreed—\nSolicitor’s costs\nCounsel’s fee\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(i) does not exceed £30\n£12.00\n£6.00\n(ii) exceeds £30\n£30.00\n£12.00\nTABLE 3: DEFENDANT’S COSTS (DEFENDED PROCEEDINGS)\nIn actions where amount claimed—\nSolicitor’s costs\nCounsel’s fee\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(i) does not exceed £30\n£11.00\n£6.00\n(ii) exceeds £30\n£28.00\n£12.00",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1For proceedings treated as undefended see Rule 72."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2See Rule 57(2): Only 50% of costs specified in column (2) payable where defendant pays amount due before entry day."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}