1890_FEES_AND_COSTS_ORDINANCE — Page 5

ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1856.

Fees and Costs.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE REFERS.

SOLICITORS' COSTS.

$ cts.

Instructions to sue or defend,...
4.00

Instructions to prepare bill, claim, original petition, special case, or original summons or answer plea or demurrer or to advise thereon (including the perusal of papers),...............
6.00

For entering appearance in the cases aforesaid (including instructions to appear) if for less than three defendants,
3.00

The like for every three defendants over the first three, a broken number of less than three counting as three,..........................
1.50

For preparing and filing a bill, claim, original petition, special case, or original summons (including scaling and issuing) or answer, plea, or demurrer, a fee to be regulated by the volume of instructions, the nature and difficulties of the case, and the work performed.

For preparing, filling up, scaling and leaving any other summons,..
1.50

For instructions and attendances not by this schedule provided for (if the Taxing Master shall allow the same), such reasonable fees as he shall determine. But no allowance shall be made in respect of instructions for documents (not herein specified) to be brought into Judge's chambers or the office of the Court, save for interrogatories, examinations, and affidavits, not being affidavits of course or of the party's own solicitor or a clerk of such.

For making copies to serve, or for the opposite party, or fair copies, per folio,..........
0.15

For engrossing in all other cases, per folio,
0.18

For every attendance to bespeak, deliver, receive or file documents, to make payments, or to obtain appointments,
1.00

For every attendance at Court, or in chambers at the hearing of any opposed motion, attendable petition, or original summons, or plea, or demurrer, or before an examiner or commissioner, taking evidence, per hour or broken hour,........
2.00

For the like at the hearing of the cause, claim, original or Court petition, or special case, or plea, or demurrer, or on further directions, except in the case next hereinafter specified,...
6.00

For attending and conducting any matter, in Court whether at law, in equity, or elsewhere, under section 8 of this Ordinance a fee, not exceeding..........
25.00

For every attendance to instruct counsel, consultation, conference, meeting, search, inspection, or reading over of documents, per hour or broken hour,.......
2.00

For every attendance to marshal evidence or take down the statements of a proposed witness, such fee as the Taxing Master shall think fit to allow, not exceeding for every hour or broken hour
3.00

For every attendance at Judge's chambers at any Government Office or at any public office not herein before provided for, per hour or broken hour,......
2.00

For every attendance beyond five miles from Victoria, in lieu of the above rates of charge for attendances, but exclusive of reasonable expenses, per day..........
10.00

For every letter, if not charged per folio,.
1.00

If so charged, for every folio,
0.25

For translating any document, per folio of the original,.....
0.25

For draughting in all cases not herein specified, per folio,
0.35

For messages and expenses according to the circumstances of each case.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]

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