Supreme Court Rules 1987

(2) A bill shall commence with a short narrative succinctly indicating the issues involved in the proceeding.

(6) A bill shall be divided into 7 columns:

(a) the first column of which shall be for numbering consecutively each item in the bill;

(b) the second column of which shall be for setting out chronologically the relevant dates on which the work was done in respect of each item in the bill;

(c) the third column of which shall contain succinct details of each item and any claim in respect of that item for professional costs and, where claimable, for waiting time;

(d) the fourth column of which shall contain the amount of such disbursements as are claimed in connection with an item in the bill;

(e) the fifth column of which shall contain the total amount claimed for professional costs and waiting time for all the items that make up each relevant part of the bill; and

(f) the last 2 columns of which shall be respectively for amounts disallowed as disbursements and professional costs claimed in the bill and shall be respectively headed "Disbursements taxed off" and "Costs taxed off".

(7) A bill filed under rule

63.37 shall comply with the requirements of rule 13.01(1) as though it were a pleading.

(8) An item in which travelling time is claimed must state the actual time for which the claim is made.

(9) The Taxing Master may disallow multiple items claimed as one item in a bill.