http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/58/section/26/enactedCharities Act 1960CharitiesRegister of charitiesLand searchesCharity shopsLocal taxesKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2024-11-01 PART IIIApplication of property cy-près, and assistance and supervision of charities by court and central authoritiesMiscellaneous powers of Commissioners and MinisterPower to order taxation of solicitor's bill 26 1 The Commissioners may order that a solicitor's bill of costs for business done for a charity, or for charity trustees or trustees for a charity, shall be taxed, together with the costs of the taxation, by a taxing officer in such division of the High Court as may be specified in the order, or by the taxing officer of any other court having jurisdiction to order the taxation of the bill. 2 On any order under this section for the taxation of a solicitor's bill the taxation shall proceed, and the taxing officer shall have the same powers and duties, and the costs of the taxation shall be borne, as if the order had been made, on the application of the person chargeable with the bill, by the court in which the costs are taxed. 3 No order under this section for the taxation of a solicitor's bill shall be made after payment of the bill, unless the Commissioners are of opinion that it contains exorbitant charges; and no such order shall in any case be made where the solicitor's costs are not subject to taxation on an order of the High Court by reason either of an agreement as to his remuneration or of the lapse of time since payment of the bill.
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