417Costs of unnecessary applications

417 Costs of unnecessary applications

If a party files an interlocutory application seeking an order required to be made at a directions hearing, unless the Court or a judge for special reasons otherwise orders –

(a) that party may not recover any costs of the application; and

(b) the practitioner representing that party may not recover any costs of the application from that party; and

(c) that party or, if represented by a practitioner, that practitioner, must be ordered to pay the costs of any other party to the application.