Ms Angela Denning:

Again, depending on what happens, there are pages in Order 103 of the rules setting out now, depending on the circumstances and what happens both for interim applications and the full hearing of the case, who pays what where there is a protective costs order in place. While that may seem very complicated, it has actually brought clarity to the cases. It means we have fewer of those hearings before a case starts or just at the start of a case to try to determine what is going to happen with costs. Generally, the parties bear their own so that the person who has the protective costs order, if they lose the case, the winning side cannot seek a large costs award against them. It also means that if they lose the case, a respondent bears their own costs in most cases, unless there has been, and the rules do-----