Costs (English Law)

Costs (English Law)

In English civil litigation, costs are the lawyers' fees and other disbursements of the parties that a judge has the power to order after judgment has been given. The law of costs defines how such allocation is to take place.

Read more about Costs (English Law):  "Costs Follow The Event", Reasonableness, Exceptions, The Indemnity Principle, Standard and Indemnity Bases, Assessment of inter Partes Costs, Solicitor-client Costs, Costs in Third-party Claims, Costs Against Non-parties, Costs Orders, Wasted Costs, Security For Costs, Interim Costs

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    The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
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