Chapter 1

Cost of litigation

Cost was not viewed as a major concern in any of the countries assessed. In some instances legislation regulating court costs could have been clearer and the categorisation of different types of disputes, triggering different cost regimes, sometimes gave rise to contention. Payment of a state fee prior to filing a law suit is mandatory in all the jurisdictions and is one of the conditions for starting a proceeding in an economic case. The fee is normally expressed as an approximate percentage of the value of the claim and is therefore predictable. In all countries this was considered to be reasonable, although the potential maximum fees payable in Belarus and Turkmenistan were substantially higher than elsewhere.

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