ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1858.
Supreme Court.
discharge of his own functions: And he is hereby further empowered, without such authority or direction, to make such allowances in taxation, as he may deem reasonable and fair, in respect of matters not expressly provided for by Ordinance, or rule, or order of the Court, for the time being.
12. In taxation of charges of attorneys, solicitors, or proctors, for their attendances, and of allowances of fees to counsel, distance and time shall be taken into account, and the same shall be computed respectively from and back to the office, chambers, or residence of the practitioner, and from the time of departure thence to the time of return thither respectively.
As to distance and time in taxation.
of fees in certain cases.
13. The fees payable to attorneys, solicitors, or proctors in respect of drawing, copying, and engrossing documents shall be the same in every jurisdiction of the said Court, (except the Summary and Admiralty Jurisdictions thereof,) and shall be ascertained and determined according to the scale contained in the General Rule of the said Court of Michaelmas Term, in the eighteenth year of the Queen, dated the 31st day of October, 1854,-so far as the same can be thereunto applied by the Taxing Master; but the fees of Court in the said jurisdictions (except as aforesaid) for copying or engrossing shall in no case exceed the rates provided by the first schedule to the Ordinance No. 14 of 1856.
14. Except by consent, no cause or matter within the Summary Jurisdiction shall be set down for hearing before at least four clear days from the service of the plaint, nor postponed unless at least twenty-four hours' notice in writing thereof hath been first given to the Registrar: And (except by consent) it shall not be competent to the defendant to enter into any special defence, exempli gratia, set off, illegality, want of consideration, infancy, or the statute of limitations, unless at least twenty-four hours' written notice thereof hath been first given to the plaintiff or his attorney.
15. All fees payable to the bailiff or under-bailiff of the said Court in the Summary Jurisdiction thereof, shall be henceforth evenly divided between the said two officers, when and as the same shall be received.
16. All Crown fees payable under this or any Ordinance relating to the Supreme Court, and all costs payable by or to the Crown (except in Admiralty cases), shall be paid in current dollars only.
Hearing and postponement of cases in the Summary Jurisdiction.
Bailiff's fees.
Crown fees and costs to be payable in dollars only.
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1858.
Supreme Court.
discharge of his own functions: And he is hereby further empowered, without such authority or direction, to make such allowances in taxation, as he may deem reasonable and fair, in respect of matters not expressly provided for by Ordinance, or rule, or order of the Court, for the time. being.
12. In taxation of charges of attornies, solicitors, or proctors, for their attendances, and of allowances of fees to counsel, distance and time shall be taken into account, and the same shall be computed respectively from and back to the office, chambers, or residence of the practitioner, and from the time of departure thence to the time of return thither respectively.
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As to distance and time in taxation.
of fees in certain casos.
13. The fees payable to attornies, solicitors, or proctors in respect Uniformity of drawing, copying, and engrossing documents shall be the same in every jurisdiction of the said Court, (except the Summary and Admiralty Jurisdictions thereof,) and shall be ascertained and determined according to the scale contained in the General Rule of the said Court of Michael- mas Term, in the eighteenth year of the Queen, dated the 31st day of October, 1854,-so far as the same can be thereunto applied by the Taxing Master; but the fees of Court in the said jurisdictions (except as aforesaid) for copying or engrossing shall in no case exceed the rates provided by the first schedule to the Ordinance No. 14 of 1856.
14. Except by consent, no cause or matter within the Summary Jurisdiction shall be set down for hearing before at least four clear days from the service of the plaint, nor postponed unless at least twenty-four hours' notice in writing thereof hath been first given to the Registrar: And (except by consent) it shall not be competent to the defendant to enter into any special defence, exempli gratiâ, set off, illegality, want of consideration, infancy, or the statute of limitations, unless at least twenty- four hours' written notice thereof hath been first given to the plaintiff or his attorney.
15. All fees payable to the bailiff or under-bailiff of the said Court in the Summary Jurisdiction thereof, shall be henceforth evenly divided between the said two officers, when and as the same shall be received.
16. All Crown fees payable under this or any Ordinance relating to the Supreme Court, and all costs payable by or to the Crown (except in Admiralty cases), shall be paid in current dollars only.
Hearing and of cases in the jurisdiction.
postponement
summary
Bailiff's fees.
Crown fees
and costs to be payable in dollars only.
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