Article 17

Appendix 2 to Order 62, as amended by the Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1979, shall be further amended as follows:—

(1)

The words appearing immediately below the heading SCALE OF COSTS, namely “(In this Appendix decimal equivalents are shown in italics and brackets)” shall be omitted.

(2)

In item 3(d) of Part I of the Scale of Costs the words “or instructions to counsel to settle any document” shall be omitted.

(3)

After item 3(d) and before the words “for first 5 A4 pages” there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:—

“(e)

any instructions to counsel to settle any document, except where an allowance for the preparation of the document is recoverable under items 1, 2 or 3.”

(4)

For the concluding sentences of the Note to items 1, 2 and 3 there shall be substituted the following words:—

“Items 3(d) and (e) each include the copy for counsel.”