Rule 57 Costs of process to be stated

The amount of the costs of a process payable to the defendant if the claim is paid or, if possession of the premises the recovery of which is sought is surrendered before entry day as provided by Rule 66, shall be stated on the face of the process. If the amount of the claim is paid or if possession is surrendered and such costs are so paid before entry day the proceeding shall be stayed.

The amount of the costs payable where the claim is paid or possession is surrendered of both, as the case may be, before entry day in accordance with this Rule shall be either fifty per centum of the solicitor’s costs in column (2) in Table 1 of Schedule 2 or of the solicitor’s costs in column (1) in Table 1 of Schedule 3, as appropriate, together with the plaintiff’s outlay properly incurred to date of settlement.

Where proceedings for arrears of rent or for sums due under Article 69 of the Order are joined with a claim for the recovery of the premises, the appropriate Table is that applicable to ejectment proceedings.