Dunne v O'Neill

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1975
• Date: 01 January 1975
• Docket Number: [1969. No. 928 P.]
• Court: High Court

(H.C.)

Dunne

and

O'Neill

Review - Counsel's fees - Standard applicable by Taxing Master - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962 (S.I. No. 72), Or.99, rr. 37 (22) (ii), 38 (4).

In ruling the claims made by a solicitor in a party-and-party bill of costs, the Taxing Master should exercise his discretion in a judicial manner and without any element of predetermination. In ruling the solicitor's claims for disbursements made in respect of counsel's fees, the Taxing Master should not base his decision upon his...