What are the costs on the indemnity basis?

Costs on the Indemnity basis means that when a party wishes to dispute an amount of costs, any doubt will be resolved in favour of the receiving party. The Indemnity basis is the opposite of the Standard basis, under which any doubt should be resolved in favour of the paying party. On either basis the court will only allow costs which have be reasonably incurred and are reasonable in amount. Indemnity costs are usually awarded against a party who has acted with poor conduct.