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Costs - Taxation - Review - Discretion of Taxing Master.  When Court will interfere.  Raising fresh objections on review.  Whether competent - Party and party bill.  Work ordinarily chargeable

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Costs - Taxation - Review of. - Incapacity of plaintiff - No ground for converting an attorney and client charge into a party and party charge.  Report of defendant's medical witness - Copies for

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Costs - Coucel's fees - Consultations for and drawing of opposing affidavits - Not function of council to draft affidavits and prudent attorney would refer petition, application of affidavitz

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Costs - Councel's fees - Retainer - In general, councel entitled to charge for work actually done - In event of trial ending sooner than expected, councel generally charging only for duration of

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Costs - Councel's fees - Application of Rule 69(3) of Uniform Rules of Court - Words 'the amount of value of the claim' in Rule 69(3) must be interpreted nunc pro tunc - Where plaintiff

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Costs - Fees of more than one counsel - Case not heard in court - Taxing Master has no discretion to allow such fees - Travelling expenses of counsel not practicing locally - Such expenses cannot

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Costs - Party and party - Councel's fees - Refresher fees allowable in lengthy trial - Principle Taxing Master should apply.

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Costs - Taxation of - Review of - When Court will interfere with ruling by taxing Master - Must be satisfied that ruling was clearly wrong - Implications and reasons for formulation of test set

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Appeal - Costs o s- Counsel's fees - Heads of argument - Practice that separate fee for drafting heads of argument not allowable on taxation reaffirmed -Established practice is to determine one

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Cost - Councel's fees - Generally - Adjustments for reduced value of money is sound and fair but improper to allow for progressively increasing earnings in real terms - There is now a need more