Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL AID ORDINANCE - SECT 20A

Taxation of costs

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) On the taxation of costs in proceedings to which an aided  person is a
party, costs shall be taxed for the purposes of this Ordinance according to
the ordinary rules applicable on a taxation as between solicitor and client
where the costs are to be paid out of a common fund in which the client and
others are interested.

(2) The Director shall be entitled to attend and be heard on any such
taxation, to raise objections or to apply for a review of the taxation in
accordance with the rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance (
Cap. 4) or the District Court Ordinance ( Cap. 336). (Added 27 of 1991 s. 14)