This may appear very basic. However I have seen both sides falling foul of this very recently. In particular the fact that the budget has to be filed with the directions questionnaire when the claim is limited to £50,000.
THE RULES
The rules are simple.
Filing and exchanging budgets and budget disc...
Thanks for all the helpful posts, Gordon.
The Court has the discretion to order an LiP to file a costs budget. Its exercise is becoming more common where the case is reasonably substantial and the LIP is represented by a Public Access barrister. Not the best people to be attempting cost budgeting.