1989 Ed.]
Legal Aid (Scale of Fees) Regulations
[CAP. 91 C5
14. Taxation proceedings deemed to be covered by legal aid certificate
Any proceedings under regulations 10 to 13 shall be deemed to be proceedings to which the aided person's legal aid certificate relates, whether or not it has been discharged or revoked, and the costs of such proceedings shall be paid out of funds in the Director's control.
15. Aided person having no interest or adverse interest
Where the aided person has no interest in the taxation or would, but for this regulation, have an interest adverse to that of his solicitor-
(a) it shall be the duty of the solicitor making objections under regulation 10 or applying for a review under regulation 11 to ensure that all matters which are properly to be taken into account in considering the objections or on the review are placed before the taxing master or judge as appropriate;
(b) the aided person shall not be required to make any contribution to the funds in the Director's control on account of the costs of any proceedings arising under regulations 10 to 13 or in consequence of any order made thereon; and
(c) the charge created by section 18A of the Ordinance shall not apply as regards any resulting increase in the net liability of the Director.
16. Time limits
Where any party to a taxation is an aided person the certificate of costs shall not, save by consent, be signed within 14 days after the taxing master's decision; and where an aided person's solicitor applies under regulation 10 or 11 for authority to make objections or to have a taxation reviewed, he shall do so before the expiration of the time allowed by the rules of court for making objections or for applying for review and shall thereupon give notice to the taxing master and to the opposite party of his application.
17. Basis of taxation
Costs shall be taxed for the purposes of these regulations according to the ordinary rules applicable on a taxation as between solicitor and client where the costs are to be paid out of a common fund in which the client and others are interested.