Hong Kong Regulations

HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL RULES - RULE 60

Appeal from decision on taxation

(1) Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar to allow or to disallow
any item of a bill of costs, in whole or in part, or with the amount allowed
in respect of any item by the Registrar, may appeal to the Court.

(2) An appeal against the Registrar's decision may be filed at any time within
14 days after the Registrar's certificate in respect of that item is signed,
or such longer period as the Registrar when he signs the certificate, or the
Court at any time, may allow.

(3) An appeal shall be made by way of motion, notice of which shall be filed
with the Registrar.

(4) The Registrar shall appoint a date for the hearing of every appeal notice
of which has been filed.

(5) In the absence of special urgency, no date shall be appointed for the
hearing of an appeal before the expiration of 10 days from the day of the
filing of the notice of motion, unless the parties consent to the appeal being
heard earlier.

(6) A copy of the notice of motion shall be served on the opposite party at
least 7 days before the date appointed for the hearing of the appeal.

(7) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court an appeal under section 45 of the
Ordinance shall be heard by a single permanent judge in Chambers.

(8) Unless the Court otherwise directs, no further evidence may be received on
the hearing of an appeal, and no ground of appeal may be raised which was not
raised previously in the proceedings, but subject to this the Court hearing
the appeal may exercise all the powers and discretions of the Registrar in
relation to the subject matter of the appeal.

(9) The Court may on any appeal, make such order as the circumstances require,
and in particular may order the Registrar's certificate to be amended or,
except where the dispute as to the item under review is as to the amount only,
order the item to be remitted to the Registrar for taxation.