# The County Court Rules 1981, Article 23: Costs


If—
(a) a party to an action or matter serves a counter-notice under rule 17 in respect of any person who is called as a witness at the trial of the action or matter in compliance with a requirement of the counter-notice, and
(b) it appears to the court that it was unreasonable to require that person to be called as a witness,
then without prejudice to Order 38, and, in particular, to rule 6 thereof, the court may direct that any costs to that party in respect of the preparation and service of the counter-notice shall not be allowed to him and that any costs occasioned by the counter-notice to any other party shall be paid by him to that other party.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1687/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-1981/article-23
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