Default by practitioners
50.05 Default by practitioners
50.05.1 Where a hearing cannot conveniently proceed because counsel or the solicitor for a party:
has neglected to attend personally or by some proper person; or
has omitted to deliver a document necessary for the use of the Court or a Justice and which, according to the practice of the Court or these rules, ought to have been delivered;
the Court or a Justice may order the counsel or solicitor concerned personally to pay some or all of the costs incurred by some or all of the parties.
50.05.2 The Court or a Justice may, after reference to and report by the Taxing Officer, order counsel or a solicitor to repay to a client costs ordered to be paid by that client to another party where those costs were incurred by that party in consequence of the delay or misconduct of the counsel or solicitor.
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