Summary

Provisions on the costs of proceedings have been altered repeatedly during the period that the Code of Civil Procedure has been in effect. The changes have not concerned the principles of the allocation of the costs of proceedings; rather, they have concerned issues that are fairly sensitive for parties to proceedings: determination and award of the costs of the proceedings. In particular, the author addresses issues that have come up in relation to the determination and award of the costs of proceedings in the case-law of a circuit court. Specifically, the article focuses on legal costs, since these cause the most disputes in the author’s opinion. An analysis of the existing law is preceded by a brief survey of previous regulations on the determination of the costs of proceedings.