The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 No. 670 (L. 9)

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

6.  After rule 46.14, insert—

“V COSTS IN CLAIMS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

Claims for judicial review: costs against interveners

46.15.— (1) In this rule the terms “intervener” and “relevant party” have the same meaning as in section 87 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”).

(2) A relevant party may apply to the court for an order for an intervener to pay costs in accordance with section 87 of the 2015 Act.

(Section 87 of the 2015 Act applies to judicial review proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal.)

(Rule 54.17 makes provision for any person to be able to apply for permission to file evidence or make representations at the hearing of a judicial review.)”