Note 779 — Chapter V · PERFORMING RIGHTS

3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 15, sec. 2, provided "double costs of suit." This was amended by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97, sec. 2, to a "full and reasonable indemnity as to all costs, charges, and expenses." This probably means nothing more than ordinary party and party costs, Reeve v. Gibson [1891], 1 Q. B., 652; Avery v. Wood [1891], 3 Ch., 115; but it would seem that as the costs are given by statute they are not in the discretion of the Court, and must be awarded to a successful plaintiff, Reeve v. Gibson [1891], 1 Q. B., 652; Hasker v. Wood [1885], 54 L. J. Q. B., 419; Judicature Act, 1890, sec. 5. Sec. 2 of 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97 is repealed by the Public Authorities Protection Act in so far as that Act applies.