Detailed assessment of costs tends to take place at the end of a case where the trial is more than 1 day. The party who is entitled to recover their costs will be required to prepared a detailed bill of costs and share this with the paying party. The paying party then has an opportunity to serve “points of dispute” where they can challenge the costs included within the bill of costs.
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