[2007] EWHC 2672 (Admin)

Non-receipt of a defendant's costs order was capable of constituting a good reason for a solicitor's failure to comply with the statutory three-month time limit for submitting his bill to the appropriate authority and an exceptional circumstance justifying an extension of time under the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 reg.12(1)(a).

QBD (Admin) (Irwin J)

24/10/2007