Civil Procedure Rules

HC Deb 30 November 2000 vol 357 cc911-2W

Mr. Dismore

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases have been issued in the County Court since the Civil Procedure Rules were introduced solely to determine the issue of assessment of costs. [140818]

Mr. Lock

The numbers of requests for detailed assessment hearings are set out in the following table.

Requests for detailed assessment hearings
Month/year	County court1	District Registry2
1999
April	16	0
May	62	0
June	163	4
July	179	30
August	191	57
September	379	64
October	267	61
November	379	70
December	410	85
2000
January	334	77
February	509	75
March	618	117
April	419	73
May	377	84

Requests for detailed assessment hearings
Month/Year	County court1	District Registry2
June	807	91
July	578	75
August	536	79
September	626	61
October	522	69
1BMS Task JH75
2BMS Task DR55