A party seeking review of a taxed bill of costs under O 66 r 55 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA) must first have lodged an objection under O 66 r 53 before the certificate of taxation is signed. Without such an objection, the review power under r 55 does not arise. Even under the court's inherent jurisdiction to set aside a certificate of taxation, a challenge to the Registrar's jurisdiction to tax will fail where the jurisdiction derives directly from a costs order of the Court of Appeal.
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