STATUTORY RULES

1921 No. 158.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA.

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Rule of Court.

As of Friday, the Fifth day of August, a.d. 1921.

It is ordered as follows:—

Rule 14 of Order 54 of the Rules of the High Court is hereby rescinded, and the following Rule substituted in its place:—

14. (1) The fees payable to barristers and solicitors, whether entitled or admitted to practice by virtue of the Judiciary Act 1903-1920 or otherwise, in respect of business transacted by them in the High Court or the offices thereof, shall, unless otherwise ordered, be taxed, allowed and certified by the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar or some other officer duly appointed for the purpose, and shall be allowed in accordance, as nearly as may be, with the scale applicable, under the practice of the Supreme Court of the State in which the business is transacted, to business of an, analogous nature transacted in that Supreme Court or the offices thereof.

(2) The provisions of all Acts and Rules in force in any State in which a practitioner resides, relating to the delivery to a client of a bill of costs and to the taxation of such bill, shall apply to the charges of such practitioner under this Rule.

ADRIAN KNOX, C. J.

Hy. B. HIGGINS, J.

(l.s.) FRANK GAVAN DUFFY. J.

CHAS. POWERS, J.

G. E. RICH, J.

H. E. STARKE, J.

J. W. O’HALLORAN,

Principal Registrar.

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