3. How to commence the taxation of costs?

3. How to commence the taxation of costs?

Generally, you shall prepare and file with the Court two documents in commencement of taxation within 3 months of the costs order made by the Court, i.e. (1) Notice of Commencement of Taxation; and (2) Bill of Costs. Samples of the said documents can be found at Appendices D and B to Practice Direction 14.3 respectively.

Generally, the contents of a Bill of Costs include:

1. the title of the action;
2. the relevant costs order, setting out the date and by whom it was made;
3. the fee earner and the hourly rate claimed;
4. the items of work done, by whom and on what dates they were done. The items should be numbered and in chronological order;
5. the costs charged on each item of work.
6. the disbursements such as counsel's fees, expert fees and court fees;
7. costs of taxation; and
8. the total amount of all costs claimed.