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The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010

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Assessment of costs

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61.20.—(1) Where the Crown Court has made an order for costs in restraint proceedings or receivership proceedings it may either—

(a)make an assessment of the costs itself; or

(b)order assessment of the costs under rule 76.11.

(2) In either case, the Crown Court or the assessing authority, as the case may be, must—

(a)only allow costs which are proportionate to the matters in issue; and

(b)resolve any doubt which it may have as to whether the costs were reasonably incurred or reasonable and proportionate in favour of the paying party.

(3) The Crown Court or the assessing authority, as the case may be, is to have regard to all the circumstances in deciding whether costs were proportionately or reasonably incurred or proportionate and reasonable in amount.

(4) In particular, the Crown Court or the assessing authority must give effect to any orders which have already been made.

(5) The Crown Court or the assessing authority must also have regard to—

(a)the conduct of all the parties, including in particular, conduct before, as well as during, the proceedings;

(b)the amount or value of the property involved;

(c)the importance of the matter to all the parties;

(d)the particular complexity of the matter or the difficulty or novelty of the questions raised;

(e)the skill, effort, specialised knowledge and responsibility involved;

(f)the time spent on the application; and

(g)the place where and the circumstances in which work or any part of it was done.

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