Northern Ireland civil procedure
When must a party begin taxation of costs in Northern Ireland?
Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
- Period
- Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event
- Trigger
- Actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice
- Rule
- Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)
Current official revised XML accessed October 9, 2026, with retained amendment comparison. The June 2021 and February 2021 court PDFs are historical consolidation aids.
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When must a party begin taxation of costs in Northern Ireland?
Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
Responsible actor. The party entitled to taxation of costs.
Actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice.
Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. The result must identify court office completion for the party entitled to taxation of costs. Confirm every actual event and completion before selecting the ordinary branch.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)How does this provision count time?
- Establish actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice.
- Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office.
- Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Count calendar months from the actual source event under Order 3 rules 1 and 2. A month is not thirty days. Missing corresponding dates need a separately supported interpretation.
- Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Order 3 rule 4 permits next-open completion only where Office closure prevents this actual court-office act. Order 64 rule 7 includes the day after Easter Monday. Hearing recess alone does not prove closure.
Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Count calendar months from the actual source event under Order 3 rules 1 and 2. A month is not thirty days. Missing corresponding dates need a separately supported interpretation.
Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Order 3 rule 4 permits next-open completion only where Office closure prevents this actual court-office act. Order 64 rule 7 includes the day after Easter Monday. Hearing recess alone does not prove closure.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Fictitious established event on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Fictitious established event on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Count calendar months from the actual source event under Order 3 rules 1 and 2. A month is not thirty days. Missing corresponding dates need a separately supported interpretation. The independent ordinary endpoint is Tuesday, July 14, 2026 for court-office-completion, not a different filing, service or entitlement date. | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Fictitious boundary event on Saturday, January 31, 2026. The source-specific completion is begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Order 3 rule 4 permits next-open completion only where Office closure prevents this actual court-office act. Order 64 rule 7 includes the day after Easter Monday. Hearing recess alone does not prove closure. | The Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event branch cannot use a thirty-day month substitute or an unestablished corresponding-day, paired event, longstop or statutory closure interpretation. Preserve actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice and establish the actual branch. |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice is not established. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. The selected period cannot replace that missing source fact. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. | Actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice is not established. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. The selected period cannot replace that missing source fact. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable event and branch
- Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
- Counting and boundary
- Ordinarily six months after the qualifying event. Count calendar months from the actual source event under Order 3 rules 1 and 2. A month is not thirty days. Missing corresponding dates need a separately supported interpretation.
- Required completion
- Begin taxation by producing the required document at the Taxing Office. Order 3 rule 4 permits next-open completion only where Office closure prevents this actual court-office act. Order 64 rule 7 includes the day after Easter Monday. Hearing recess alone does not prove closure.
- Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established. The result must identify court office completion for the party entitled to taxation of costs. Confirm every actual event and completion before selecting the ordinary branch.
- This procedure concerns the party entitled to taxation of costs. Its controlling event is actual entry, signature or perfection of the qualifying determination, or the specified costs notice. Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1849 orders use 21 days instead. Discontinuance or payment-acceptance costs can run from service of their notice. Entitlement to recover taxed costs must be established.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a party begin taxation of costs in Northern Ireland?
Does oral judgment begin the ordinary six months?
The ordinary branch uses actual perfection of the judgment or order. Pronouncement and perfection are different events.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)Do all costs proceedings use six months?
No. Solicitors legislation and specific notice-based branches can prescribe another period.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)Does the taxation application determine recoverable costs?
No. It begins the assessment procedure. The amount and objections require the applicable taxation process.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)Can the period be extended?
Establish any actual extension or other applicable direction. A discretionary possibility does not supply a calculated extra period.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)What document establishes entitlement to begin taxation?
Produce the qualifying determination or other document required by the applicable Taxing Office branch.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)Can discontinuance costs start on a different event?
Yes. The notice-based costs branch requires its actual notice service rather than the ordinary perfected-determination event.
Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the Court of Judicature (NI) 1980, Sch 1, Order 62, rule 29(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980, Order 3 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980, Order 64 rule 7 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |