Appendix A

1. The amount of costs ordered under Rule 11 will be based on a consideration of the circumstances of the case, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, factors such as the seriousness of the misconduct, the amount of costs incurred by the party requesting costs, or the conduct of the party requesting costs.
   
2. The amount of costs shall not exceed,
   (a) where a proceeding was commenced and it did not go beyond the pre-hearing conference, the sum of $400.00; or
   (b) where a proceeding was commenced and it went beyond the pre-hearing conference:

(i) where the hearing was in writing, the sum of $400;

(ii) where the hearing was oral, $800.00 multiplied by the number of days of hearing, with any part day being considered a full day for the purpose of this calculation of costs.