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] 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] 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] 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) is not allowed any costs in respect of the hearing.