Section 3.17

When making any case management decision, the court will have regard to any available budgets of the parties and will take into account the costs involved in each procedural step. Paragraph (1) applies whether or not the court has made a costs management order. Subject to rule 3.15A, the court— may not approve costs incurred up to and including the date of any costs management hearing; but may record its comments on those costs and take those costs into account when considering the reasonableness and proportionality of all budgeted costs. If an interim application is made but is not included in a budget, the court may, if it considers it reasonable not to have included the application in the budget, treat the costs of such interim application as additional to the approved budgets.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15