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Anon @ 01.37. The child can hardly enter into a contract of retainer with a solicitor, obviously (well they can if it is necessary for their advancement, I think, but that's another topic). So the litigation friend enters into the contract on their behalf.

So the court doesn't order the LF to pay the costs. The LF agrees to pay them when they sign on the dotted line.

Rule 21.12 provides that where an LF incurs "expenses" on behalf of a child or protected party, and money is recovered in the proceedings, they are "entitled on application to recover the amount paid or payable out of any money recovered or paid into court..."

Now it is a procedural rule, and not a rule of law, but it says what it says in pretty clear black and white terms.

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