### sch.2-sec.3 Only necessary or proper costs may be allowed A cost is to be allowed only to the extent to which— incurring the cost was necessary or proper to achieve justice or to defend the rights of the party; or the cost was not incurred by over-caution, negligence, mistake or merely at the wish of the party. - (a) incurring the cost was necessary or proper to achieve justice or to defend the rights of the party; or - (b) the cost was not incurred by over-caution, negligence, mistake or merely at the wish of the party.

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Section sch.2-sec.3 - Justices Regulation 2014 - Only necessary or proper costs may be allowed — Zoe