Article 11 Litigants in person

Subject to the following provisions of this rule, on any taxation of the costs of a litigant in person there may be allowed such costs as would have been allowed if the work and disbursements to which the costs relate had been done or made by a solicitor on the litigant’s behalf.

The amount allowed in respect of any item shall be such sum as the taxing officer thinks fit but not exceeding, except in the case of a disbursement, two-thirds of the sum which in the opinion of the taxing officer would have been allowed in respect of that item if the litigant had been represented by a solicitor.

Where it appears to the taxing officer that the litigant has not suffered any pecuniary loss in doing any item of work to which the costs relate, he shall be allowed in respect of the time reasonably spent by him on that item not more than £6.50 an hour.

A litigant who is allowed costs in respect of attending court to conduct his case shall not be entitled to a witness allowance in addition.

Nothing in rule 18 of, or Appendix B to, C.C.R. Order 38 shall apply to the costs of a litigant in person.

For the purposes of this rule a litigant in person does not include a litigant who is a practising solicitor.