# The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988, Article 8: Provisions for ascertaining costs on a taxation inter partes


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of Schedule 1 shall apply for ascertaining the amount of costs to be allowed on a taxation of costs inter partes in matrimonial proceedings except where those costs are payable to a solicitor out of the legal aid fund.
(2) Where the amount of a solicitor’s remuneration in respect of non-contentious business is regulated (in the absence of agreement to the contrary) by any general orders for the time being in force under the Solicitors Act 1974, the amount of the costs to be allowed on taxation in respect of the like contentious business shall be the same notwithstanding anything in Schedule 1.
(3) In this rule, “contentious business” and “non-contentious business” have the meanings assigned by section 87 of the Solicitors Act 1974.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1328/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/article-8
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