Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL AID ORDINANCE - SECT 20A

Taxation of costs

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2

(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 Hong Kong 
Court of Final Appeal Ordinance ( Cap 484), the High Court Ordinance ( Cap  4)
or the District Court Ordinance ( Cap 336). (Amended 79 of 1995 s. 50; 25 of
1998 s. 2) (Added 27 of 1991 s. 14)