DMBM231210 - Annual Balance: Debt Pursuit Offices: Law Costs Agreement: How to account for law costs
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An Officer grade or above should be nominated to agree the law costs.
Distraint Costs
To agree Distraint Costs
- balance Book 27(B) and Book 27(NB) separately
- calculate outstanding amounts by adding columns 5, 6, and 7 together and then deducting columns 9 and 13
- enter the amount in column 14
- total each column
- add together the totals for columns 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 and deduct the total of column 5
- add together the totals for columns 16 and 17
- make sure that
- columns 9, 10, 11 and 13 less column 5 equals the total of columns 16 and 17
- columns 6, 7, 10 and 11 equals the total of columns 16 and 17.
Uncleared cases
- enter each uncleared case under the original consecutive number in a new Book 27
- enter the amounts from column 17 of the closing Book 27 into column 6 of the new book
- make sure that the totals agree.
Completion of form 45K(Costs)
To complete and agree 45K(Costs), see DMBM231230.
Summary Proceedings
To agree Summary proceedings
- calculate outstanding amounts by adding Book 28 columns 6, 8, 9 and 10 together and then deducting columns 12, 13, 14, 15and 16
- enter the amount in column 17
- total each column in book 28
- add together the totals of column 6, 8, 9 and 10
- add together the totals of column 12, 13, 14, 15 (England and Wales only), 16 and 17
- make sure the two totals agree
- machine list the totals of forms C17A and agree the total to the total for column 10
- make sure that the total of column 12 agrees the CAROL final Account Accumulation figure.
Uncleared cases
- Enter each uncleared case, under the original consecutive number in Book 28 for the new Account
- enter the amounts from column 17 of the closing Book 28 into column 6 of the new book
- make sure that the totals agree.
Completion of form 45 K(Costs)
To complete and agree 45K(Costs), see DMBM231220.
County Court Proceedings
To agree County Court proceedings
- calculate any amount outstanding by adding Book 28 columns 6, 8, 9 and 10 together and then deducting columns 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16
- enter the amount in column 17
- total each column in book 28
- add together the totals of
- column 6, 8, 9 and 10
- column 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 (England and Wales only)
- make sure the two totals agree
- machine list the totals of forms C17A and agree the total to the total of column 10
- make sure that the total of column 12 agrees the CAROL final Account Accumulation figure.
Uncleared cases
- enter each uncleared case under the original consecutive number in Book 28 for the new Account
- enter the amounts from column 17 of the closing Book 28 into column 6 of the new book
- make sure that the totals agree.
Completion of form 45K(Costs)
To complete and agree 45K(Costs) see DMBM231220.