• The term generally refers to all fees related to legal matters, including the fees for hiring a lawyer, court fees and hearing fees to be paid to the court, and court service fees for the commissioners of oaths.
• After a trial, the judge decides the legal costs that the litigants must pay.
• In Singapore, costs are usually awarded to the winning party. The court will have to make the order for the losing party to pay the winning party what is known as party-to-party costs. Such sums are usually fixed by the court or subject to taxation proceedings. However, this forms only part of the total legal fees to be paid by the winning party.

Yesterday afternoon, the judicial committee of the High Court made a judgment on the amount of legal fees that both parties must pay. (Lianhe Zaobao, 8/12/2020)