Rule 96 Costs in ejectment proceedings

Costs of the amount set forth in the appropriate scale in Schedule 3 shall be recovered by a successful party in ejectment proceedings who has been represented by a solicitor or by a solicitor who is a successful party.

An amount corresponding to the fixed value of stamps upon documents issued on behalf of a successful party in ejectment proceedings, together with any witnesses’ expenses and any fixed fee paid by him to a summons server or other person for the service of a process shall be added to the costs awarded to him under paragraph (1) and shall form part of his costs in the proceedings.

The court shall award by way of costs to a successful party who has not been represented by a solicitor, in addition to any witnesses’ expenses, any fees paid or to be paid by him, but no other costs.

Paragraphs (4) to (6) of Rule 92 apply to ejectment proceedings as they apply to debt proceedings.

In this Rule “fixed” means fixed by an order made under section 116 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.