N & R Devine Limited v Daniel McAteer Practising as Duddy McAteer and Company Accountants
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Gillen J |
| Judgment Date | 11 November 2013 |
| Neutral Citation | [2013] NIQB 102 |
| Date | 11 November 2013 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Year | 2013 |
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Neutral Citation No. [2013] NIQB 102 Ref: GIL8999
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered: 11/10/2013
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
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BETWEEN:
N & R DEVINE LIMITED
Plaintiff;
-and-
DANIEL McATEER PRACTISING AS
DUDDY McATEER AND COMPANY ACCOUNTANTS
Defendant.
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GILLEN J
[1] This is an application by the plaintiff for a review of the taxation on 7 May
2013 by the Deputy Master (Taxing Office) (hereinafter called “the Deputy Taxing
Master”) of such part of the defendant’s costs as related to the rate of charge
allowable to the defendant as a litigant in person (“LIP”) as set out in Objection No.
1 of the plaintiff’s Grounds of Objection dated 11 November 2011 and to the time
allowed to the defendant for preparation as set out in Objections Nos. 3 and 4.
The legislation and statutory rules governing this application
[2] Section 1 of the Litigants in Person (Costs and Expenses) Act 1975 provides,
where relevant, as follows:
“1.-(1) Where, in any proceedings to which this sub-
section applies, any costs of a litigant in person are
ordered to be paid by any other party to the
proceedings or in any other way, there may, subject to
rules of court, be allowed on the taxation or other
determination of those costs sums in respect of any
work done, and any expenses and losses incurred, by
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