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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 63.34

Charges of legal practitioner

    (1)     Subject to paragraph (3), a legal practitioner for a party to whom costs are payable (whether the basis of taxation is the standard basis or the indemnity basis) shall be entitled to charge and be allowed costs in accordance with the scale in Appendix A unless the Court or the Costs Court otherwise orders.

    (2)     Witnesses' expenses and interpreters' allowances shall be fixed in accordance with the scale in Appendix B.

    (3)     The Court may, on special grounds arising out of the nature and importance or the difficulty or urgency of the case, allow an increase not exceeding 30 per cent of the legal practitioner's charges allowed on the taxation of costs with respect to—

        (a)     the proceeding generally; or

        (b)     to any application, step or other matter in the proceeding.

    (4)     Where the Court so directs, the Costs Court shall have the same authority as the Court under paragraph (3) to allow an increase in the fees set forth in Appendix A.



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