Arbitration - Costs - Right of successful party to costs - Arbitrator's discretion as to costs - Reasons must exist to justify departure from the general rule.

Arbitration - Costs - Offer to compromise by letter - Whether offer of compromise under Rules - Whether O.26 applies to arbitrations - Application to Supreme Court on question of law - Leave to apply - Disputed question of costs - Whether leave should be granted - Whether letter before hearing otherwise admissible on costs - Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (No. 10167), s34(5A), s38(4)(b), s38(5)(a), s39(1)(a), s39(2) - Rules of Supreme Court, O.26.

Arbitration - Costs - Whether arbitrator has discretion as to applicable scale of costs - Arbitrator awarding costs to be taxed - Whether Supreme Court has jurisdiction to intercept order for taxed costs - Taxation of costs - Whether Taxing Master has discretion as to applicable scale of costs - Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (No. 10167), s34, s47, s49.

Practice and procedure - Costs - Jurisdictional limits - Costs penalty rules for inappropriate jurisdiction - Applicability of costs penalty rules to arbitration proceedings - Supreme Court Rules, r63.24, r63.25.