Guidelines for Examination
PART D
CHAPTER IX COSTS
1. Charging of costs
1.3 Costs to be taken into consideration
 

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PART D
CHAPTER IX COSTSCHAPTER IX COSTS
1. Charging of costs1. Charging of costs
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1.3

Costs to be taken into consideration

 

Apportionment of costs may relate only to those expenses necessary to assure proper protection of the rights involved.

 

Rule 63(1)



Examples of such expenses are:

 

(i)

expenditure incurred in respect of witnesses and experts, together with other costs arising in connection with the taking of evidence;

 

(ii)

remuneration of the representatives of the parties in respect of oral proceedings or the taking of evidence; and

 

(iii)

expenditure incurred directly by the parties, i.e. their travel expenses in coming to oral proceedings or the taking of evidence.

 

Costs incurred in respect of superfluous or irrelevant evidence, etc., cannot be covered by a decision on costs.