Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A party on whom a summons under rule 63.36 and a bill is served may, by notice, object to an item in the bill.
(2) A notice to which subrule (1) refers shall:
(a) be filed within 14 days after the service of the summons and bill;
(b) identify by a list each item in the bill to which the party objects; and
(c) state specifically and concisely the grounds of objection to each item.
(3) The notice under subrule (1), shall, on the same day as it is filed, be served on the party filing the bill and on all other parties to whom the summons for the taxation is addressed.
(4) A party entitled to object to an item in accordance with this rule who fails to do so within the time limited in subrule (2)(a) or such other time as the Taxing Master allows, shall be taken to have admitted that item.
(5) Notwithstanding subrule (4), the Taxing Master may, on taxation, for good and proper reasons, deal with an item to which no objection was raised in accordance with this rule and may exercise all his powers under this Order in relation to that item.
(6) An application for an extension of time may be made informally before or after the expiration of the time referred to in subrule (2)(a).
(7) A taxation shall not proceed unless the party filing the bill proves by affidavit service of a copy of the bill on all relevant parties.
(8) Where, in the opinion of the Taxing Master, a solicitor indiscriminately objects to an item in a bill and by so doing increases the costs of the taxation of the bill, the Taxing Master may order the solicitor to pay the increased costs which, in the opinion of the Taxing Master, are attributable to the solicitor's action.
(9) For the purposes of subrule (8), and without limiting the discretion of the Taxing Master under that subrule, an objection is indiscriminate if it constitutes no more than a blanket objection to items in the bill or if it forms part of such an objection.