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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

65.7   What is included in prescribed costs

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    (1)   Prescribed costs include all work that is required to prepare the proceedings for trial including, in particular, the costs involved in —

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      (a)     instructing any expert;

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      (b)     considering and disclosing any report made by the expert;

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      (c)     arranging the expert witness' attendance at trial; and

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      (d)     attendance and advocacy at the trial, including attendance at any case management conference or pre-trial review.

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    (2)   Prescribed costs exclude —

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      (a)     expert's fees for preparing a report and attending any conference, hearing or trial;

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      (b)     costs incurred in enforcing any order (which are generally fixed in accordance with rule 65.4 but may, in certain cases, be assessed in accordance with rule 65.12);

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      (c)     the cost of obtaining a daily transcript of the evidence if the trial judge certifies this as a reasonable disbursement in all the circumstances of the case; and

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      (d)     the making or opposing of any application except at a case management conference or pre-trial review.