# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 86.5: Costs


(1) The court may in or for the purposes of any stakeholder application make such order as to costs or any other matter as it thinks just.
(2) Where a respondent fails to appear at the hearing, the court may direct that the stakeholder’s costs shall be summarily assessed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/86.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-86.5
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