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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 to;

(a)

increase the costs allowed to a litigant in person and the fixed costs recoverable under Appendix 3 of Order 62;

(b)

provide for short form taxation in respect of individual items or disbursement in dispute; and

(c)

substitute a new Order 100 to provide for applications under the Trade Marks Act 1994, the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995 and the Olympic Association Right (Infringement Proceedings) Regulations 1995.