840Non-attendance or neglect of parties or practitioners

### 840 Non-attendance or neglect of parties or practitioners > > (1)  [*\[Rule 840 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/sr-2008-128#GS52@Hpa@EN) If, for any of the following reasons, a matter before the Court or a judge is adjourned or a hearing is unnecessarily prolonged, the Court or judge may order that the party, counsel or practitioner at fault pay any reasonable costs to another party: > > > > > > (a) [*\[Rule 840 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/sr-2008-128#GS52@Hpb@EN) the non-attendance of a party or the counsel or practitioner for a party; > > > > > > > (b) the non-compliance by a party with any of these rules; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Rule 840 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/sr-2008-128#GS52@Hpc@EN) the neglect of a party or the counsel or practitioner for a party in not being properly prepared to conduct the proceeding. > > > (2)  The party at fault under [subrule (1)](#GS840@Gs1@EN) is not allowed any costs in respect of the hearing.