{"id":82474,"date":"2017-07-12T13:32:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8d8ec494bd53f4d6359ed89999f7bfdb"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:32:49","slug":"news-story-civil-news-faster-cost-appeals-and-supporting-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82474","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: faster cost appeals and supporting documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Remember to consider the paperwork independent cost assessors need to see when you exercise your right to appeal against our decisions on cost claims.<\/p>\n<p>By only sending in relevant documents you can make sure independent cost assessors can see relevant information easily.<\/p>\n<p>We are obliged to forward all the documents you send us when you make an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>This means the independent cost assessors may have unnecessary paperwork to work through.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"appeal-process\">Appeal process<\/h2>\n<p>If you wish to appeal our initial decision on a claim, the appeal must be made in writing, within 28 days of notification of the assessment decision.<\/p>\n<p>You should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>set out full reasons for your appeal<\/li>\n<li>only provide the relevant supporting papers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As explained above, it won\u2019t always be necessary for you to submit your full file of papers.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/funding-and-costs-assessment-for-civil-and-crime-matters\">Cost assessment guidance and civil finance electronic handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/civil-legal-aid-civil-regulations-civil-contracts-and-guidance\">Civil legal aid: civil regulations, civil contracts, and guidance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeals are processed more efficiently if you check you are only sending documents independent cost assessors need to reach a decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}