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Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
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### sec.705 Costs statement
A party entitled to be paid costs must serve a costs statement in the approved form on the party liable to pay the costs.
See rule 709A for failure to serve a costs statement.
The costs statement must—
contain sufficient details to enable the party liable to pay the costs to understand the basis for the costs, prepare an objection to the costs statement and obtain advice about an offer to settle the costs; and
if practicable, have attached to it copies of all invoices for the disbursements claimed in the costs statement.
r 705 sub 2007 SL No. 315 s 10
amd 2008 SL No. 199 s 3 ; 2013 SL No. 289 s 20
(sec.705-ssec.1) A party entitled to be paid costs must serve a costs statement in the approved form on the party liable to pay the costs. See rule 709A for failure to serve a costs statement.
(sec.705-ssec.2) The costs statement must— contain sufficient details to enable the party liable to pay the costs to understand the basis for the costs, prepare an objection to the costs statement and obtain advice about an offer to settle the costs; and if practicable, have attached to it copies of all invoices for the disbursements claimed in the costs statement.
- (a) contain sufficient details to enable the party liable to pay the costs to understand the basis for the costs, prepare an objection to the costs statement and obtain advice about an offer to settle the costs; and
- (b) if practicable, have attached to it copies of all invoices for the disbursements claimed in the costs statement.