PART 44E+WGENERAL RULES ABOUT COSTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. 44 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2001) by The Court of Protection Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/824), rules 1, 86 (with rule 91)

[F1Providing information about funding arrangementsE+W

44.15—(1) A party who seeks to recover an additional liability must provide information about the funding arrangement to the court and to other parties as required by a rule, practice direction or court order.

(2) Where the funding arrangement has changed, and the information a party has previously provided in accordance with paragraph (1) is no longer accurate, that party must file notice of the change and serve it on all other parties within 7 days.

(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, and a party has already filed—

(a)an allocation questionnaire; or

(b)a [F2pre-trial check list (listing questionnaire)],

he must file and serve a new estimate of costs with the notice.

(The costs practice direction sets out—

  • the information to be provided when a party issues or responds to a claim form, files an allocation questionnaire, a [F3pre-trial check list], and a claim for costs;

  • the meaning of estimate of costs and the information required in it) (Rule 44.3B sets out situations where a party will not recover a sum representing any additional liability)]

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