Expenses or Costs of a Lawsuit.

Expenses or Costs of a Lawsuit. In Scotland, the charges payable by the parties to a lawsuit are technically called expenses. The rules according to which they are awarded, apportioned between the parties, and taxed, do not differ materially from those applied in England to Costs, and explained under that head, supra. The Scottish official who discharges the functions of taxing master is the Auditor of Court. If the agent who has conducted the cause wish it, the decree for expenses will be pronounced in his favour; and the party found liable will not be allowed to plead a counter-claim against the client, as by that means he might prevent the agent from recovering what he very probably has disbursed.