Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Costs allowable to a solicitor for professional services rendered in connection with obtaining a grant of probate or administration of an estate of a deceased person shall be calculated in accordance with the relevant scale in these Rules.
(2) In addition to the costs a solicitor is entitled to receive under subrule (1), the solicitor may recover such reasonable disbursements as are incurred by him in obtaining the grant.
(3) Where an executor or administrator seeks the payment of commission to him in respect of the administration of the estate, such costs and disbursements as have been paid or are payable by him to his solicitor in relation to obtaining the grant, or to any matter in connection with the estate, shall be taxed by the Taxing Master in accordance with rule 63.59 or 63.60, as the case requires.
(4) All costs and fees allowable in accordance with these Rules shall be paid out of the estate.
(5) Where a bill of costs is taxed under these Rules and the amount of the bill (exclusive of the costs of submitting it to taxation) and all amounts referred to in subrule (2) do not, after taxation, equal or exceed the amount which would otherwise have been allowed under subrule (1), the costs of submitting the bill for taxation shall be paid by the solicitor.