A 240
CAP. 4]
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 91.)
(Cap. 136.)
The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 62 [1988 Ed.
(3) Where in the opinion of the taxing master the litigant has not suffered any pecuniary loss in doing any work to which the costs relate, he shall not be allowed in respect of the time reasonably spent by him on the work more than $200 an hour.
(4) A litigant who is allowed costs in respect of attending court to conduct his own case shall not be entitled to a witness allowance in addition.
(5) Nothing in Order 6, rule 2(1)(b), or rule 32(4) of this Order or the Second Schedule to this Order shall apply to the costs of a litigant in person.
(6) For the purposes of this rule a litigant in person does not include a litigant who is a practising solicitor.
Costs payable to a solicitor by his own client (O. 62, r. 29)
29. (1) On the taxation of a solicitor's bill to his own client (except a bill to be paid out of funds provided by the Legislative Council pursuant to section 27 of the Legal Aid Ordinance, or a bill with respect to non-contentious business) all costs shall be allowed except in so far as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), all costs incurred with the express or implied approval of the client shall, subject to paragraph (3), be conclusively presumed to have been reasonably incurred and, where the amount thereof has been expressly or impliedly approved by the client, to have been reasonable in amount.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any costs which in the circumstances of the case are of an unusual nature and such that they would not be allowed on a taxation of costs in a case to which rule 28(2) applies, shall, unless the solicitor expressly informed his client before they were incurred that they might not be so allowed, be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to have been unreasonably incurred.
(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3), the references to the client shall be construed-
(a) if the client was at the material time a mentally disordered person within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordinance and represented by a person acting as guardian ad litem or next friend, as references to that person acting, where necessary, with the authority of the Court;
(b) if the client was at the material time a minor and represented by a person acting as guardian ad litem or next friend, as references to that person.
Costs payable to solicitor where money recovered by or on behalf of infant, etc. (O. 62, r. 30)
30. (1) This rule applies to-
(a) any proceedings in which money is claimed or recovered by or on behalf of, or adjudged or ordered or agreed to be
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A 240
CAP. 4]
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 91.)
(Cap. 136.)
The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 62 [1988 Ed.
(3) Where in the opinion of the taxing master the litigant has not suffered any pecuniary loss in doing any work to which the costs relate, he shall not be allowed in respect of the time reasonably spent by him on the work more than $200 an hour.
(4) A litigant who is allowed costs in respect of attending court to conduct his own case shall not be entitled to a witness allowance in addition.
(5) Nothing in Order 6, rule 2(1)(b), or rule 32(4) of this Order or the Second Schedule to this Order shall apply to the costs of a litigant in person.
(6) For the purposes of this rule a litigant in person does not include a litigant who is a practising solicitor.
Costs payable to a solicitor by his own client (O. 62, r. 29)
29. (1) On the taxation of a solicitor's bill to his own client (except a bill to be paid out of funds provided by the Legislative Council pursuant to section 27 of the Legal Aid Ordinance, or a bill with respect to non-contentious business) all costs shall be allowed except in so far as they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), all costs incurred with the express or implied approval of the client shall, subject to para- graph (3), be conclusively presumed to have been reasonably incurred and, where the amount thereof has been expressly or impliedly approved by the client, to have been reasonable in amount.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any costs which in the circumstances of the case are of an unusual nature and such that they would not be allowed on a taxation of costs in a case to which rule 28(2) applies, shall, unless the solicitor expressly informed his client before they were incurred that they might not be so allowed, be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to have been unreasonably incurred.
(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3), the references to the client shall be construed-
(a) if the client was at the material time a mentally disordered person within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordin- ance and represented by a person acting as guardian ad litem or next friend, as references to that person acting, where necessary, with the authority of the Court;
(b) if the client was at the material time a minor and repre- sented by a person acting as guardian ad litem or next friend, as references to that person.
Costs payable to solicitor where money recovered by or on behalf of
infant, etc. (Ö. 62, r. 30)
30. (1) This rule applies to-
(a) any proceedings in which money is claimed or recovered by or on behalf of, or adjudged or ordered or agreed to be
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