When is the deadline for solicitor may not sue on a bill until one month after delivery?
The catalogue records a 1 month period from Date on which the bill of costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements in s.69(2). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 1 month
- Trigger
- Date on which the bill of costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements in s.69(2)
- Counting
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- A narrow statutory exception only: where there is probable cause for believing the party chargeable is about to quit England and Wales, become bankrupt or compound with creditors, or do some other act that would prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment, "the High Court may, notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill, order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be assessed." This requires a court order; it is not available by agreement or as a matter of course.
- A hard statutory bar on issuing proceedings, not a case-management date. This is an earliest date (a gate), so an engine should present it as "proceedings may not be issued before". Delivery must comply with the s.69(2) requirements (signature and manner of delivery) or the clock does not start. Verified against the latest available revised text on legislation.gov.uk.