The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007
The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2007
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2007
Number: 500
Made: 2007-12-08
Coming into force: 2008-01-07
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
These Rules amend the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 [ S.R. 1981 No. 225 ] (“the principal Rules ”) to:
make provision for the court to allow a witness to give evidence by video link or by any other means of direct communication;
make provision for enhancement of costs in an action brought under the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 or the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;
uplift by 4.08% (rounded where appropriate) certain costs in the body of the principal Rules and the scale costs for solicitor and counsel prescribed in Appendix 2 of the principal Rules; and
amend Order 33, rule 3 (Recovery of value added tax) to apply that rule to a decree in equity proceedings.