The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Rules 1951

Costs

33.—(1) No solicitor's charges shall be allowed as between party and party in connection with an application under Rule 21 or with an application under Rule 23 made at the time of judgment.

(2) Where costs are awarded in an application under Rule 22, 23, 24, 27 or 28, the costs shall be fixed and allowed without taxation, and if in any such application the party to whom costs have been awarded has employed a solicitor, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a) Where the application is made under Rule 22, 23, 24 or 27, the amount to be fixed for the solicitor's charges shall be regulated by the scale on which the costs of the action were awarded, according to the following Table:—

Scale of Costs of the Action	Amount of Fixed Charges
	s. d.
Scale 1	5 0
Scale 2	7 6
Scale 3	12 6

(b) Where the application is made under Rule 28, the amount to be fixed for the solicitor's charges shall be regulated by the sum sought to be distrained for at the date of the filing of the application according to the following Table:—

Sum sought to be distrained for	Amount of Fixed Charges
	s. d.
Exceeding £2 and not exceeding £10	5 0
Exceeding £10 and not exceeding £20	7 6
Exceeding £20	12 6

(c) The amount so fixed for solicitor's charges shall include all work done by the solicitor in connection with the preparation, service and hearing of the application.

(3) Where costs are awarded in an originating application under Rule 29, the costs shall be fixed and allowed without taxation, and the amount to be fixed for solicitor's charges shall be such amount as the registrar thinks reasonable.