Section 47.3

An authorised court officer has all the powers of the court when making a detailed assessment, except— power to make a wasted costs order as defined in rule 46.8; power to make an order under— rule 44.11 (powers in relation to misconduct); rules 47.8 (sanction for delay in commencing detailed assessment proceedings) and 47.14.(3) and (4) (sanction for delay in requesting a detailed assessment hearing); paragraph (2) (objection to detailed assessment by authorised court officer); and power to make a detailed assessment of costs payable to a solicitor by that solicitor’s client, unless the costs are being assessed under rule 46.4 (costs where money is payable to a child or protected party). Where a party objects to the detailed assessment of costs being made by an authorised court officer, the court may order it to be made by a costs judge or a District Judge. (Practice Direction 47 sets out the relevant procedure.)

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