
In addition to the court’s powers under CPR 44.11, the court can also order a legal representative to pay a specified sum of costs to a party or disallow a specific sum where costs have been wasted (CPR 46.8).
The court may make a wasted costs order only if:
(i) The legal representative has acted improperly, unreasonably or negligently;
(ii) his conduct has caused a party to incur unnecessary costs or has meant that costs previously incurred have been wasted; and
(iii) it is just in all the circumstances to order him to compensate that party for the whole or part of those costs.
Excerpt from the Senior Courts Costs Office Guide 2021
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Applications concerning misconduct or wasted costs: Principles on which wasted costs orders are made


Applications concerning misconduct or wasted costs: Misconduct by litigants or legal representatives










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