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AI summary
The High Court considered a taxation review about a reservation fee charged by an expert witness for a trial that settled on the first day. The court found no basis to fault the Taxing Master and dismissed the review, confirming the taxation decision.
This appears to concern the treatment of expert standby or reservation fees in a costs taxation context.
Evidence from source
This is an application to review the ruling of the Taxing Master. The review relates to a reservation fee charged by an expert witness for reserving time to attend and give expert evidence at trial.
Supports: plain_summary sentence 1
For the above reasons the following order is made: The review is dismissed. The decision of the Taxing Master is confirmed and upheld.
Supports: plain_summary sentence 2