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Award of costs as an exercise of discretion
Factors considered by the courts in making an award for costs
Factors to be considered in awarding costs
Guidelines for assessing costs
Nature of expenses compensated by an award of costs
Position of the law on the award of costs in criminal proceedings
Principles governing the award of costs
Principles governing the award of costs in matrimonial proceedings
Principles governing the exercise of discretion in the award of costs
Purpose of the award of costs
Rationale for the award of costs
The aim of the award of costs
The essence of awarding costs
The objective of fixing costs
The party that pays costs in applications for rectification of trademarks
The principle that costs follow the event
What amounts to reasonable cost
What the court should take into consideration in assessing costs
Whether a court can exercise its discretion to deprive a successful party of his costs
Whether a court can waive costs
Whether a court is precluded from awarding costs to be paid in the course of the trial where counsel or parties agree in the summons for directions that costs be in the cause
Whether a judge who orders costs based on the history of the case can be said to have exercised her discretion judicially
whether cost can be awarded against a party who has been joined to an action despite the failure of the party to amend the writ to reflect his being joined to the action
Whether costs can be awarded against a public prosecutor
Whether costs can be awarded in a foreign currency
Whether costs in the action can be awarded together with general damages
Whether costs will be awarded in constitutional cases
Whether expenses incurred in the prosecution of a case should be taken into consideration when assessing cost
Whether it is proper for the court to award lawyer's fees under a separate heading
Whether non-payment of cost can attract jail sentence
Whether the court can award costs at any stage of the proceedings
Whether the husband must pay his wife costs in matrimonial proceedings
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