A 226
CAP. 41
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 336.)
(Cap. 336.)
The Rules of the Supreme Court--Order 62 [1988 Ed.
"the Court" means the Supreme Court or any one or more judges thereof, whether sitting in Court or in chambers, the Registrar or assistant registrar or master;
(HK)"District Court" means the District Court established under the provisions of the District Court Ordinance, and any judge of that court;
(HK)"mentally disordered person" means a person who is so far disabled in mind or who is so mentally ill or subnormal due to arrested or incomplete development of mind as to render it either necessary or expedient that he, either for his own sake or in the public interest, should be placed and kept under control; (HK)"non-contentious business" means any business done by and as a solicitor which is not contentious business;
"taxed costs" means costs taxed in accordance with this Order; (HK)"taxing master" means the Registrar as taxing master.
(2) In this Order, references to a fund, being a fund out of which costs are to be paid or which is held by a trustee or personal representative, include references to any estate or property whether immovable or personal held for the benefit of any person or class of persons; and references to a fund held by a trustee or personal representative include references to any fund to which he is entitled (whether alone or together with any other person) in that capacity, whether the fund is for the time being in his possession or not.
Application (O. 62, r. 2)
(HK)2. (1) This Order shall apply to all proceedings in the Court, except non-contentious or common form probate proceedings and proceedings in matters of prize.
(2) Where by virtue of any Ordinance the costs of or incidental to any proceedings before an arbitrator or umpire or before a tribunal or other body constituted by or under any Ordinance, not being proceedings in the Supreme Court, are taxable in the High Court, the following provisions of this Order, that is to say, rule 7(4) and (5), rule 8(6), rules 14 to 16, rule 17(1), rule 18, rule 21 (except paragraph (3)), rules 22 to 26 and rules 33 to 35, shall have effect in relation to proceedings for taxation of those costs as they have effect in relation to proceedings for taxation of the costs of or arising out of proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(3) This Order shall have effect subject to the provisions of the District Court Ordinance and to any rules made thereunder and to any other enactment.
(4) The powers and discretion of the Court as to costs under section 52A of the Ordinance (which provides that the costs of and incidental to proceedings in the Supreme Court shall be in the discretion of the Court and that the Court shall have full power to determine by whom and to what extent the costs are to be paid) and under the enactments relating to the costs of criminal proceedings to which this Order applies shall be exercised subject to and in accordance with this Order.
A 226
CAP. 41
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 336.)
(Cap. 336.)
The Rules of the Supreme Court--Order 62 [1988 Ed.
"the Court" means the Supreme Court or any one or more judges thereof, whether sitting in Court or in chambers, the Registrar or assistant registrar or master;
(HK)"District Court" means the District Court established under the provisions of the District Court Ordinance, and any judge of that court;
(HK)"mentally disordered person” means a person who is so far disabled in mind or who is so mentally ill or subnormal due to arrested or incomplete development of mind as to render it either necessary or expedient that he, either for his own sake or in the public interest, should be placed and kept under control; (HK)"non-contentious business” means any business done by and
as a solicitor which is not contentious business;
"taxed costs" means costs taxed in accordance with this Order; (HK)"taxing master" means the Registrar as taxing master.
(2) In this Order, references to a fund, being a fund out of which costs are to be paid or which is held by a trustee or personal representative, include references to any estate or property whether immovable or personal held for the benefit of any person or class of persons; and references to a fund held by a trustee or personal representative include references to any fund to which he is entitled (whether alone or together with any other person) in that capacity, whether the fund is for the time being in his possession or not.
Application (O. 62, r. 2)
(HK)2. (1) This Order shall apply to all proceedings in the Court, except non-contentious or common form probate proceedings and proceedings in matters of prize.
(2) Where by virtue of any Ordinance the costs of or incidental to any proceedings before an arbitrator or umpire or before a tribunal or other body constituted by or under any Ordinance, not being proceedings in the Supreme Court, are taxable in the High Court, the following provisions of this Order, that is to say, rule 7(4) and (5), rule 8(6), rules 14 to 16, rule 17(1), rule 18, rule 21 (except paragraph (3)), rules 22 to 26 and rules 33 to 35, shall have effect in relation to proceedings for taxation of those costs as they have effect in relation to proceedings for taxation of the costs of or arising out of proceedings in the Supreme Court.
(3) This Order shall have effect subject to the provisions of the District Court Ordinance and to any rules made thereunder and to any other enactment.
(4) The powers and discretion of the Court as to costs under section 52A of the Ordinance (which provides that the costs of and incidental to proceedings in the Supreme Court shall be in the discretion of the Court and that the Court shall have full power to determine by whom and to what extent the costs are to be paid) and under the enactments relating to the costs of criminal proceedings to which this Order applies shall be exercised subject to and in accordance with this Order.
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