Div 5Costs.

Division 5.—Costs.

Orders as to costs.

96. Where the Court or a Judge orders any costs of any proceedings to be paid to a party, the Court or the Judge may either fix the amount of the costs to be paid or direct the costs to be taxed and give directions as to the basis of the taxation.

Taxation of costs.

97.—(1.) In all cases in which the Court or a Judge orders any party to pay any other party the costs of any matter and does not wholly fix the amount of those costs, either party may forthwith obtain an appointment before the Registrar for the taxation of the bill of costs as between party and party, and the bill may be taxed by the Registrar without any special order for that purpose.

(2.) The party so obtaining the appointment shall give to each party entitled to be heard on the taxation, or his solicitor, notice of the appointment as directed by the Registrar and shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the bill to be taxed on that party or solicitor.

Amounts allowable.

98. Where the costs are to be taxed, there may be allowed, in addition to any other amount properly allowable—

(a) the amount of Court fees paid by the party in whose favour the order has been made;

(b) witnesses’ expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to these Regulations; and

(c) a sum in respect of any item specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations ascertained in accordance with that Schedule.