# The Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989, Regulation 116: Counsel dissatisfied with taxation


(1) Where counsel acting for an assisted person is dissatisfied with any decision on a legal aid taxation, it shall be the duty of the assisted person’s solicitor to report the matter to the appropriate area committee or to the Board, as the case may be, and, if the committee or the Board give authority to do so,–
(a) to carry in objections to the taxation,
(b) to apply to a judge to review the taxation, or
(c) to appeal from the decision of the judge,
as the case may be, and regulations 113 to 115 and 120 shall apply as if the solicitor were the person dissatisfied.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to a provisional taxation with the necessary modifications and in particular with the insertion of the words “to inform the taxing officer that he wishes to be heard on the taxation and to attend on the taxation,” after the words “the assisted person’s solicitor”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/339/regulation/116 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-general-regulations-1989/regulation-116
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