Common use of Costs orders Clause in Contracts

Costs orders. The Practitioner will indemnify the Insurer against each amount paid or payable by the Insurer in respect of any order for costs made against the Practitioner: (a) as a non-party to a proceeding; or (b) as a party to a proceeding where the order relates, in whole or part, to a contravention of the Practitioner's duty to the court or tribunal, to the extent that the order is based on - (i) the Practitioner having a financial interest in the outcome of the proceeding, including an interest in whether or to what extent the Practitioner's fees will be paid; and/or (ii) the Practitioner having engaged in conduct knowingly or recklessly in breach of the Practitioner's duty to the court or tribunal, including having advanced a claim or defence found to have had no real prospects of success.