42Ordered costs—determination of costs of costs assessor and Manager

42 Ordered costs—determination of costs of costs assessor and Manager

42 Ordered costs—determination of costs of costs assessor and Manager

For the Act, section 93(1)(b)(v), a costs assessor may consider the following matters in making a determination under the Act, section 71(1)(c) in relation to ordered costs—

(a) the extent to which the determination of the amount of fair and reasonable ordered costs differs from the amount claimed in the costs assessment application,

(b) whether, in the costs assessor’s opinion, the parties to the costs assessment made a genuine attempt to agree on the amount of fair and reasonable ordered costs,

(c) whether, in the costs assessor’s opinion, a party to the costs assessment unnecessarily delayed the determination of the costs assessment.