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Article 5 Entitlement to costs

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(1)

Save where these Rules otherwise provide, the following provisions of Part II of R.S.C. Order 62 relating to entitlement to costs shall apply with any necessary modifications in relation to the costs of and incidental to any matrimonial proceedings governed by these Rules as they apply in relation to the costs of any proceedings to which that Order applies—

  • Rule 3(1), (2), (4) and (6) (general principles), other than the definition of the term “costs reserved”;

  • Rule 6(1), (2), (5) and (6) (cases where costs do not follow the event); and

  • Rule 7(4) (fractional or gross sum in lieu of taxed costs).

(2)

The provisions of Part II of R.S.C. Order 62 which refer to the Official Solicitor or to court fees shall not apply in relation to proceedings in a divorce county court, or to matrimonial proceedings in the divorce registry which are treated as pending in a divorce county court.