Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 18 January 2005.
1. The disputes between the parties have been disposed of in November 2004. The parties now came back for argument on costs. Each party claimed costs against the other on the ground that the other had acted unreasonably in conducting their affairs or in this litigation. Not surprisingly, the Applicant relied also heavily on the basic rule that costs should follow the event unless there are some special reasons for departing from it.