Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where in a proceeding for debt or damages the plaintiff recovers by judgment or otherwise an amount (exclusive of costs) not exceeding $100 000, the plaintiff shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, be entitled only to the costs to which the plaintiff would have been entitled if the plaintiff had brought the proceeding in the County Court less an amount equal to the additional costs properly incurred by the defendant by reason of the proceeding having been brought in the Supreme Court instead of the County Court, but shall not be required to pay to the defendant any amount by which the additional costs exceed the costs payable to the plaintiff.
(2) Where in a proceeding for libel or slander the plaintiff recovers by judgment or otherwise an amount (exclusive of costs) not exceeding $50 000, the plaintiff shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, be entitled only to the costs to which the plaintiff would have been entitled if the plaintiff had brought the proceeding in the County Court less an amount equal to the additional costs properly incurred by the defendant by reason of the proceeding having been brought in the Supreme Court instead of the County Court, but shall not be required to pay the defendant any amount by which the additional costs exceed the costs payable to the plaintiff.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply—
(a) where a claim of the defendant against the plaintiff for the recovery of a debt or damages is set off against the claim of the plaintiff under Rule 13.14 ; and
(b) the amount for which the plaintiff would otherwise be entitled to judgment exceeds $100 000.
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a proceeding commenced in another court and transferred to the Court under the Courts (Case Transfer) Act 1991 .