Sir John Romilly MR said: ‘It is, I am informed, well established in practice that where a solicitor has delivered a bill of costs to his client, and proceedings between the parties have been taken to tax it under the statute, no alteration can be made in it except by consent. The reason and justice of this is obvious, and it appears to me to rest not less on principle than on practice. If one species of alteration be made, any other might. Who is to determine what alteration might or might not be made and if any alteration may be made? It is clear that a bill could be altered to meet the turn which the taxation was taking, In my opinion, the Master has no jurisdiction in taxation to permit any alterations or amendments to be made in the bill, except such as the client may consent to.’
Judges:
Sir John Romilly MR
Citations:
(1854) 18 Beav 508
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Cited – Bilkus v Stockler Brunton (A Firm) CA 16-Feb-2010
Solicitors appealed against the rejection of their claim for an uplift in their fees amounting to andpound;50,000, based on the value element in the transaction in the 1994 Order. The court had to decide whether the matter came under the rules as a . .
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Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.401613
