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(c) to lodge any interlocutory appeal; or (d) to instruct more than one counsel; or
(e) to set up or set off any right or claim having the same effect as a cross-action (other than a counter-claim or set-off arising out of the same transaction and capable of being pleaded as a defence), or to reply to any right or claim so set up or so set off by any other party,
he shall (unless the certificate provides for the act in question to be done) apply to the Director for authority so to do, and no payment shall be allowed on taxation for any such step taken without the approval of the Director.
(3) The Director may give general authority to solicitors acting for aided persons in any particular class of case to obtain experts' opinion and to leader expert evidence, and if so he shall state the maximum fee to be paid for any report or opinion or expert witness.
(4) Where it appears to an aided person's solicitor necessary for the proper conduct of the proceedings either-
(2) to obtain a report or opinion of one or more experts or to tender expert evidence in a case of a class not included in any general authority under paragraph (3); or
(b) in a case of a class so included, to pay a higher fee than that stated by the Director or to obtain more reports or opinions or to tender more experts as witnesses than have been authorized,
be may apply to the Director for authority so to do and if the Director gives authority he shall state the maximum number of reports or opinions that may be obtained or the maximum number of persons who may be rendered to give expert evidence and the maximum total fee to be paid therefor.
(5) Save as provided by this regulation, no payment shall be made for the report or opinion of an expert or for expert's evidence tendered by or on behalf of an aided person.
(6) Where it appears to the aided person's solicitor pecessary for the proper conduct of the proceedings for an act to be done, but that act is either unusual in its nature or involves unusually large expendi- ture, he may request the Director's prior approval of the act, and, where such prior approval has been obtained, no question as to the propriety of the act shall be raised on taxation as between solicitor and client.
(7) Without prejudice to the right of solicitor or counsel to give up a case for good reason, any solicitor or counsel may give up an aided person's case if, in his opinion, the aided person has required
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the proceedings to be conducted unreasonably so as to incur an un- justifiable expense to the Director or has required unreasonably that the proceedings be continued.
(8) Where any solicitar or counsel exercises the right to give up an aided person's case-
(a) under the provisions of paragraph (7); or
(b) on the ground that the aided person has wilfully failed to provide the information to be furnished by him or in furnishing such information has knowingly made a false representation. the solicitor or counsel shall make a report to the Director of the circumstances in which that right was exercised.
(9) An aided person's solicitor shall give the Director such in- formation regarding the progress and disposal of proceedings to which the certificate relates as the Director may from time to time requiro for the purpose of performing his functions under the Ordinance and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, a solicitor who has acted or is acting for an aided person, on being satisfied that the aided person has died or has had a receiving order made against him, shall report the facts to the Director.
(10) A solicitor shall not be procluded, by reason of any privilege arising out of the relationship between solicitor and client from dis- closing to the Director any information or from giving any opinion which may enable the Director to perform his functions under the Ordinance.
13. (1) Any norice or notification required to be served under any Service of provision of the Ordinance shall be served either personally or by notices. registered post to the last known address of the person required to be served.
(2) Whenever an aided person becomes a party to proceedings, or a party to proceedings becomes an aided person, the Director shall forthwith serve all other parties with a notice in the Form VII set Form VIII. out in the Schedule and shall if at any time thereafter any other person becomes a party to the proceedings, forthwith serve similar notice upon such person.
(3) The Director shall forthwith serve copies of any legal aid certificate or emergency certificate issued by him on all parties to the proceedings.
(4) Copies of notices referred to in this rule shall be filed in the appropriate court office or registry and shall form part of the papers for the use of the judge at the trial.