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Disbursements are out of pocket expenses, such as filing fees, witness fees, travelling and subsistence expenses, discovery transcript fees, experts’ fees, and fees for medical/legal reports, photocopies, couriers, postage, and the like. Generally, most disbursements are recoverable, provided they are considered to be reasonable and necessary. | Disbursements are out of pocket expenses, such as filing fees, witness fees, travelling and subsistence expenses, discovery transcript fees, experts’ fees, and fees for medical/legal reports, photocopies, couriers, postage, and the like. Generally, most disbursements are recoverable, provided they are considered to be reasonable and necessary. | ||
The potential of a cost award being made at a hearing or trial can provide an incentive for the parties to settle and agree to not have to pay costs to each other. It can encourage parties to be more reasonable in their positions and try to narrow the issues that need court intervention. | The potential of a cost award being made at a hearing or trial can provide an incentive for the parties to settle and agree to not have to pay costs to each other. It can encourage parties to be more reasonable in their positions and try to narrow the issues that need court intervention. | ||
For more information about costs, see the Legal Services Society | For more information about costs, see the Legal Services Society's Family Law website's information page [https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4649 "If you have to go to court"] under the section "Costs and expenses." | ||
===Offer to Settle=== | ===Offer to Settle=== | ||
