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Award of costs as an exercise of discretion
Categories of cost
Distinction between costs awarded according to settled judicial principles and costs awarded in the exercise of discretion
Factors considered by the courts in making an award for costs
Need for a claim for cost to be specifically pleaded, particularised and specially proved
Principles governing the award of costs
Principles governing the award of damages in divorce proceedings
Purpose of the award of costs
The aim of the award of costs
The basis for the award of costs
The principle that costs follow the event
The rule that a successful litigant in the legal battle is entitled to the award of costs of an action unless he misconducts himself in such a manner that deprives him of such an award
Whether a Court is already functus officio at the time of making an award of costs
Whether cost of action and cost of filing are the same thing
Whether costs awarded are meant to be punitive
Whether it is in all cases that the party who won is awarded costs
Whether the court can award the cost of litigation without it being specifically pleaded and particularised
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