Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 385 (L. 8)

The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 385 (L. 8)

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1989

Made	8th March 1989

Laid before Parliament

10th March 1989

Coming into force

1st April 1989

We, the authority having power to make rules of court for the purposes mentioned in section 50 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973^[1], in exercise of that power and the further power conferred on us by section 64 of the Family Law Act 1986^[2], hereby make the following Rules:

    1.—(1)  These Rules may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) (Amendment) Rules 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

    (2)  In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule or Schedule referrred to by number means the rule or Schedule so numbered in the Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988^[3].

    2.    For rule 11(1), there shall be substituted the following-
    "(1)    Subject to the following provisions of this rule, on any taxation of the costs of a litigant in person there may be allowed such costs as would have been allowed if the work and disbursements to which the costs relate had been done or made by a solicitor on the litigant's behalf together with any payments reasonably made by him for legal advice relating to the conduct of or the issues raised by the proceedings.".

    3.    In rule 11(3), for the sum "£6.50", there shall be substituted the sum "£7.00".

    4.    For Schedule 2, there shall be substituted the following Schedule-

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Notes:

[1] 1973 c. 18; section 50 was amended by the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45), section 6(2); by the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (c. 63), section 26(2), Schedule; by the Children Act 1975 (c. 72), section 108, Schedule 3, paragraph 79; by the Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Schedule 5 Part VI; by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22), section 89, Schedule 2, paragraph 40; by the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 (c. 19), Schedule 2; by the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28), section 148, Schedule 2 Part V, paragraph 44, and by the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55), section 68, Schedule 1, paragraph 15.

[2] 1986 c. 55.

[3] S.I. 1988/1328.

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