{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1328",
  "legislation_title": "The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Review by a judge",
  "text": "(1) Any party who is dissatisfied with the decision of a registrar on a review under rule 19 may apply to a judge for an order to review that decision either in whole or in part, provided that one of the parties to the taxation proceedings has requested that registrar to state the reasons for his decision in accordance with paragraph (4) of that rule.\n(2) An application under this rule may be made at any time within 14 days after the registrar has issued a certificate in accordance with rule 19(4).\n(3) An application under this rule shall be made by summons or, in the case of proceedings in a divorce county court or proceedings in the divorce registry which are treated as pending in a divorce county court, on notice, and shall, unless the judge thinks fit to adjourn it into court, be heard in chambers.\n(4) Unless the judge otherwise directs, no further evidence shall be received on the hearing of an application under this rule, and no ground of objection shall be raised which was not raised on the review by the registrar but, save as aforesaid, on the hearing of any such application the judge may exercise all such powers and discretion as are vested in the registrar in relation to the subject matter of the application.\n(5) If the judge thinks fit to exercise in relation to an application under this rule the power of the court to appoint assessors under section 70 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 or section 63 of the County Courts Act 1984, the judge shall appoint not less than two assessors, of whom one shall be a registrar and one a practising solicitor.\n(6) On an application under this rule the judge may make such order as the circumstances may require and in particular may order the registrar’s certificate to be amended or, except where the dispute as to the item under review is as to amount only, order the item to be remitted to the same or another registrar for taxation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1328/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:01:54.670589+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."
}