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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 - REG 63.03 Time for costs order and payment

SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 - REG 63.03

Time for costs order and payment

    (1)     The Court may, in any proceeding, exercise its power and discretion as to costs

        (a)     at any stage of the proceeding; or

        (b)     after the conclusion of the proceeding.

    (2)     Costs which a party is required to pay under any of these Rules or an order of the Court shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, be paid forthwith.

    (2.1)     Costs which a party is required to pay under an order of the Costs Court shall, unless the Costs Court otherwise orders, be paid forthwith.

    (3)     Where the Court makes an interlocutory order for costs, the Court may then or thereafter order that if the party liable to pay the costs fails to do so—

        (a)     if that party is the plaintiff, the proceeding shall be stayed or dismissed;

        (b)     if that party is a defendant, the defendant's defence shall be struck out.

    (4)     In paragraph (3)—

"defendant" includes any person against whom a claim is made in a proceeding;

"plaintiff" includes any person who makes a claim in a proceeding.