WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 90 Costs where claimant less successful than insurer's final offer or insurer found not liable
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 90
Costs where claimant less successful than insurer's final offer or insurer found not liable90 Costs where claimant less successful than insurer's final offer or insurer found not liable
(1) If a claimant obtains an order or judgment on a claim that is less favourable to the claimant than the terms of the insurer's final offer of settlement in mediation under the 1998 Act as certified by the mediator under section 318B of the 1998 Act, the court is to order the claimant to pay the insurer's costs on the claim assessed on a party and party basis.
(2) If a claimant does not obtain an order or judgment on a claim (that is, if the court finds the insurer has no liability for the claim), the court is to order the claimant to pay the insurer's costs on the claim assessed on a party and party basis.