1720Costs—entitlement to recover

1720 Costs—entitlement to recover (1) A party to a proceeding cannot recover any costs of the proceeding from another party or anyone else otherwise than by agreement, under a territory law, or an order of the court under a territory law. (2) If, under a territory law or an order of the court, a party is entitled to costs, the costs are to be assessed costs. Note The parties may agree that the costs be set at a certain amount (see r 1702 (Costs—agreement about costs). (3) However, instead of assessed costs, the court may order a person liable for costs to pay to the party entitled to costs— (a) a stated part or percentage of assessed costs; or (b) assessed costs to or from a stated stage of the proceeding; or (c) an amount for costs decided by the court; or (d) an amount for costs to be decided in a way the court directs. Rule 1721