# Court of Session Act 1988, Section 43: Interest and expenses where appeal dismissed for want of prosecution.

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Where an appeal to the Supreme Court under section 40 of this Act is dismissed for want of prosecution, the Inner House may, on an application made to it by any respondent in the appeal, order the appellant to pay to that respondent such interest, simple or compound, as it thinks fit, together with the expenses which have been incurred in consequence of the appeal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/36/section/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1988/section-43
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