Guidance
Senior Courts Costs Office guide
How to ask the office to decide if you should get some of your legal costs back from a solicitor or the other side in a court case.
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The Senior Courts Costs Office can assess:
- how much you should pay a solicitor in costs and expenses
- what you can get back in costs from the other side in a court case
- the amount that lawyers can claim in costs in publicly-funded cases
The guide includes detailed information on:
- cost management orders
- the way bills are laid out
- default costs certificates
- detailed assessment hearings
- interest on costs
- court of protection and legal aid cases
The costs assessments are carried out by costs judges (masters) or authorised court officers.
Published 7 November 2013
Last updated 26 January 2021 + show all updates
Last updated 26 January 2021 + show all updates
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Link to 2021 guide added.
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Added revised guide.
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Revised guide updated November 2018.
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First published.