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Can costs draftsmen sign points of dispute?

The Part 47 Practice Direction to the Civil Procedure Rules (47 PD 8.35.3) provides among other things:

"Points of dispute must … (4) be signed by the party serving them or his solicitor”.

This raises two questions:

1. Does ‘solicitor’ in this context encompass a costs draftsman?
2. Is a costs draftsman entitled to sign points of dispute on behalf of a ‘solicitor’?

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• Can costs draftsmen sign points of dispute? [Adobe PDF]

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