Supreme Court.
Charges.
129. Writing any necessary letter
130. or according to circumstances, per folio
131. The Registrar may allow such fee as he thinks proper in respect of every other matter or thing not hereinbefore specifically mentioned. Where no fee is specified in the scale, the Registrar shall be guided by principles of English practice except where such principles conflict with the Hong Kong scale.
$ 2.50 0.75
Regulations→→ Fraser,
vol. 1, p. 104.
TAXATION OF COSTS (S.J.) RULES.
(Cap. 4, section 37).
(Ordinance No. 3 of 1873).
[24th April, 1903.]
1. These rules may be cited as the Taxation of Costs (S.J.) Rules.
2. In the following rules, "exceeding" and "not exceeding" refer in the case of a plaintiff to the amount recovered and in the case of a defendant to the amount claimed.
3. In actions or proceedings other than those for the recovery of money and in actions where claims for the recovery of moneys are joined with other claims, the judge, having regard to the value and nature of the subject-matter of the action or proceeding, shall direct under which of the scales hereinafter set forth the costs (if any) shall be taxed.
4. Notwithstanding anything in these rules to the contrary, the judge, if of opinion that the action involved a novel or difficult point of law, or that the question litigated was of importance to some class or body of persons, or of general or public interest, may award costs under Scale III to the plaintiff on any amount recovered, however small, or to the defendant who successfully defends an action brought for any amount, however small; and, in actions other than those for the recovery of a debt or liquidated demand in
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