Tutorial 8: Discussion question on costs and settlement 'Settlement is always in the public interest.' 1. What are two arguments in favour and two arguments against the above statement? 2. Which position do you find most compelling, and why? In answering these questions, refer to the readings for Lecture 8 (on costs and settlement) and Lecture 3 readings (on settlement). 3. In most courts, costs follow the event. See UCPR R 42.1. In a limited number of civil jurisdictions, the usual order is that each party pays their own costs, for example, Family Court and Land and Environment Court. What would the likely impact be on the Supreme Court if the usual costs order was 'each party pays their own costs