The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/531
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) In these Rules, an Order referred to by number means the Order so numbered in the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and a reference to Appendix A or B is a reference to Appendix A or B to those Rules.

Section 2 Miscellaneous amendments

In Order 24, rule 9, after the words “rule 2” there shall be inserted the words “or 6”.

Section 3 Miscellaneous amendments

In Order 36, rule 5, paragraph (2) shall be omitted.

Section 4 Miscellaneous amendments

After Order 62, rule 28(4), there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

(4AA) In a case to which paragraph (4) applies the taxing officer may have regard to whether the failure or delay by the party entitled to costs would (apart from this paragraph) cause prejudice to the party liable to pay the costs by increasing the amount of interest accruing on those costs under section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 , and so exercise his powers under paragraph (4) as to reduce or obviate any such prejudice.

Section 5 Miscellaneous amendments

In Order 108, rule 1, paragraph (2) shall be omitted.

Section 6 Costs

Order 62, rule 18(3) shall be amended by substituting, for the sum “£7.50”, the sum “£8.00”.

Section 7 Costs

Appendix 3 to Order 62 shall be amended as follows—

(1) For Table A (Basic Costs) in Part I there shall be substituted the following Table—

Basic Costs

If the amount recovered is—

not less than £600

but less than £2,000—

where the writ was served by post

(ii) where the writ was served on the defendant personally

not less than £2,000

but less than £3,000—

where the writ was served by post

(ii) where the writ was served on the defendant personally

not less than £3,000

(2) Table B (Additional costs) in Part I shall be amended by substituting, for the figures shown in columns (i) and (ii), the following figures—

(3) Part III, paragraph 1 shall be amended by substituting, for the sum of “£7.00”, the sum of “£7.50”.

(4) Part III, paragraph 2 shall be amended by substituting, for the sum of “£28.50”, the sum of “£30.50”.

(5) Part III, paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows—

(a) for the sum of “£17.00” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the sum of “£18.25”;

(b) for the table “Basic Costs” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following table—

(i) Basic Costs

If the amount recovered by the applicant from the garnishee is—

(c) for the sum of “£13.00” in the table “Additional costs” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the sum of “£14.00”;

(6) Part III, paragraph 4 shall be amended by substituting, for the sums of “£81.00” and “£13.00”, the sums of “£86.50” and “£14.00”.

(7) Part III, paragraph 5 shall be amended by substituting, for the sums of “£31.00” and “£2.00”, the sums of “£33.25” and “£2.15”.

(8) Part III, paragraph 6 shall be amended by substituting, for the sum of “£38.00”, the sum of “£40.50”.