THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 8, 1927.
Hearing.
70. The Registrar of the Privy Council shall name a day on or before which Appeals must be set down if they are to be entered in the List of Business for the ensuing Sittings. All Appeals set down or before the day named shall, subject to any directions from the Committee or to any agree- ment between the parties to the contrary, be entered in such List of Business and shall, subject to any directions from the Committee to the contrary, be heard in the order in which they are set down.
71. The Registrar of the Privy Council shall, subject to the provisions of Rule 42, notify the parties to each Appeal by Summons, at the earliest possible date, of the day appointed by the Judicial Committee for the hearing of the Appeal, and the parties shall be in readiness to be heard on the day so appointed.
72. At the hearing of an Appeal not more than two Counsel shall be admitted to be heard on a side.
73. In Admiralty Appeals the Judicial Committee may, if they think fit, require the attendance of two Nautical Assessors.
Judgment.
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Notice of day
on or before which
Appeals must
be set down for ensuing
Sittings,
Notice to parties of
day fixed for hearing Appeal.
Only two Counsel heard on a side in Appeals.
Nautical Assessors.
Notice to parties of day fixed for
74. Where the Judicial Committee, after hearing an Appeal, decide to reserve their Judgment thereon, the Registrar of the Privy Council shall in due course notify the parties by Summous of the day appointed by the Com- delivery of mittee for the delivery of the Judgment.
Judgment.
Costs.
75. All Bills of Costs under the Orders of the Judicial Committee on Appeals, Petitions, and other matters, shall be referred to the Registrar of the Privy Council, or such other person as the Judicial Committee may appoint, for taxation, and all such taxations, shall be regulated by the Schedule of Fees set forth in Schedule C hereto.
76. The taxation of costs in England shall be limited to costs incurred in England.
77. The Registrar of the Privy Council shall, with all convenient speed after the Judicial Committee have given their decision as to the costs of an Appeal, Petition, or other matter, issue to the party to whom costs have been awarded an Order to tax and a Notice specifying the day and hour appointed by him for taxation. The party receiving such Order to tax and Notice shall, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for taxation, lodge his Bill of Costs (together with all necessary vouchers for disbursements), and serve the opposite party with a copy of his Bill of Costs and of the Order to tax and Notice.
Taxation of
costs.
What costs taxed in
England.
Order to tax.
Power of Taxing Officer where taxation
78. The Taxing Officer may, if he think fit, disallow to any party who fails to lodge his Bill of Costs (together with all necessary vouchers for disbursements) within the time prescribed by the last-preceding Rule, or who in any way delays or impedes a taxation, the charges to which such party through the would otherwise be entitled for drawing his Bill of Costs and attending the
taxation.
79. Any party aggrieved by a taxation may appeal from the decision of the Taxing Officer to the Judicial Committee. The Appeal shall be heard by way of motion, and the party appealing shall give three clear days' Notice of Motion to the opposite party, and shall also leave a copy of such Notice in the Registry of the Privy Council.
delayed
fault of the party whose costs are to be taxed.
Appeal from taxing
decision of
Officer.
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