COSTS
1 — GENERAL
1 Costs in general to be in the discretion of Court
1. (1) Save as otherwise provided by statute or by these Rules, the granting or withholding of the costs of any party to civil proceedings or other proceedings in the Court in which by law the Court may award costs are in the discretion of the Court.
(2) Notwithstanding sub-rule (1), the Court
(i) in considering the awarding of the costs in proceedings in which the parties have been invited by the Court to consider mediation as a means of attempting to resolve the dispute the subject of the proceedings in accordance with section 16(1) of the Mediation Act, 2017, may, where it considers it just, have regard to the matters set out in section 21 of that Act,
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