R v Supreme Court Taxing Office, ex parte John Singh & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1997
Year1997
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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16 cases
  • Fuseon Ltd v Senior Courts Costs Office
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 January 2020
    ...The nature of this jurisdiction was described by the Court of Appeal in R v Supreme Court Taxing Office ex parte John Singh and Co [1997] 1 Costs LR 49. Henry LJ held:- “Counsel for the taxing master conceded that such a jurisdiction existed but submitted that it should be restricted to cas......
  • Brewer v Secretary of State for Justice
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 8 May 2009
    ...invoked the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. That jurisdiction, recognised in the earlier case of R v Supreme Court Taxing Office ex parte John Singh & Co [1997] 1 Costs LR 49, is to be exercised sparingly to cure “a real injustice”. The Divisional Court held that Master Rogers, hav......
  • R (Allseas Group SA) v Paul Sultana
    • United Kingdom
    • Senior Courts
    • 31 October 2023
    ...my discretion, on determining hourly rates, to make a Singh reduction ( R v Supreme Court Taxing Office ex parte John Singh and Co [1997] 1 Costs LR 49) if that seems to me to be 82 Again, I cannot agree. The appropriate application of a Singh discount involves the classification of work in......
  • Bernard Murrells (Executor of the Estate of Jill Murrells deceased) v Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust
    • United Kingdom
    • Senior Court Costs Office
    • 17 January 2017
    ...in relation to the assessment of legal aid costs in criminal proceedings: seeR v Supreme Court Taxing Office ex p John Singh and Co [1997] 1 Costs LR 49." (Final Report, para.37). 40 R v Supreme Court Taxing Office ex p John Singh and Co concerned the assessment of costs in criminal cases. ......
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