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Assessment of costs
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49.—(1) Every detailed assessment of costs shall be carried out by two costs officers appointed by the President and—
(a)one costs officer must be a Costs Judge (a Taxing Master of the Senior Courts), and
(b)the second may be the Registrar.
(2) A disputed assessment shall be dealt with at an oral hearing.
(3) An assessment may provide for the costs of the assessment procedure.
(4) The Registrar will give the receiving party and the paying party written notice of the date of the assessment.
(5) Where one of the parties so requests or in the circumstances specified in the relevant practice direction, the Registrar may make a provisional assessment of costs without the attendance of the parties.
(6) The Registrar must inform the parties in writing of the outcome of a provisional assessment and, if a party is dissatisfied with the outcome, or if points of disagreement cannot be resolved in correspondence, the Registrar shall appoint a date for an oral hearing.
(7) Any request for an oral hearing following a provisional assessment of costs must be made within 14 days of the receipt of the Registrar’s decision on the assessment.
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