When is the deadline for solicitor to serve breakdown of costs (precedent p)?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Date of the order under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 for costs to be assessed. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Date of the order under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 for costs to be assessed
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- CPR r.46.10(6): "This procedure applies subject to any contrary order made by the court." The order for assessment itself frequently sets a different timetable. On default, PD 46 para 6.3 provides that any other party may apply for an order requiring compliance, and if the court makes such an order it may attach conditions. The sanction is therefore discretionary and second-stage, not automatic.
- This is the solicitor-and-client analogue of the notice of commencement in inter partes detailed assessment, but note the different anchor: the order for assessment, not service of a notice. Precedent P is the model form of breakdown (PD 46 para 6.7), and PD 46 para 6.6 sets out the required content.