Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A competent court
hearing proceedings shall not award costs, unless —
(a) all
parties to the proceedings were represented by legal practitioners, as defined
in section 22(6); or
(b) it
is of the opinion that there are special circumstances justifying the award of
costs.
(2) Where a party to
the proceedings has paid a fee under section 18(1), nothing in
subsection (1) is to be taken to prevent a court making an order which
requires any other party to the proceedings to pay to the first-mentioned
party the amount of that fee.
[Section 24 amended by No. 50 of 1988
s. 18; No. 59 of 1995 s. 45; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120(2)
and (3) and 121.]