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Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs Rules
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
3.
Scale of costs in certain non-contentious matters
The scale of costs contained in the Schedule shall be the scale of costs for solicitors in relation to the non-contentious business specified therein.
(L.N. 143 of 1975)
4. Costs in other non-contentious business
Subject to rule 3, a solicitor's costs in relation to non-contentious business shall be such sum as may be fair and reasonable, having regard to all the circumstances of the case and, in particular, to-
5.
(a) the complexity of the matter or the difficulty or novelty of the questions raised;
(b) the skill, labour, specialized knowledge and responsibility involved on the part of the solicitor;
(c) the number and importance of the documents prepared or perused without regard to length;
(d) the place where and circumstances in which the business or any part thereof is transacted;
(e) the time expended by the solicitor;
(f) where money or property is involved, its amount or value; and
(g) the importance of the matter to the client.
Application
(1) Non-contentious trade mark and patent business for which instructions were accepted before 27 July 1984 shall continue to be governed by these rules as they stood before they were amended by the Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs (Amendment) Rules 1984 (L.N. 246 of 1984).
(2) Non-contentious trade mark and patent business for which instructions were accepted on or after 27 July 1984 but before the date of coming into operation of the Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs (Amendment) Rules 1989 (L.N. 344 of 1989) shall continue to be governed by these rules as they stood before the date the Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs (Amendment) Rules 1989 (L.N. 344 of 1989) come into operation.
(3) These rules as amended by the Solicitors (Trade Marks and Patents) Costs (Amendment) Rules 1989 (L.N. 344 of 1989) (“the amending rules") shall apply to all non-contentious trade mark and patent business for which instructions are accepted on or after the date of coming into operation of the amending rules.
(L.N. 344 of 1989)