Practice Directions

Pilot Scheme For Detailed Assessment By The Supreme Court Costs Office Of Costs Of Civil Proceedings In London County Courts

1.  This Practice Direction applies, instead of paragraph 31.1 of the CPR Costs Practice Direction, to requests for a detailed assessment hearing which are filed between 6th July 2004 and 5th July 2005, pursuant to a judgment or order for the payment of costs by one party to another in civil proceedings in any of the following County Courts:

Barnet, Bow, Brentford, Bromley, Central London, Clerkenwell, Croydon, Edmonton, Ilford, Lambeth, Mayors and City of London, Romford, Shoreditch, Uxbridge, Wandsworth, West London, Willesden and Woolwich.

2.  Where this practice direction applies, unless the court orders otherwise -

1. the receiving party must file any request for a detailed assessment hearing in the Supreme Court Costs Office, Clifford's Inn, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1DQ, DX 44454 Strand; and

2. the Supreme Court Costs Office is the appropriate office for the purpose of CPR 47.4(1), and therefore all applications and requests in the detailed assessment proceedings must be made to that Office.