Greaves v Drysdale     Practice – Costs – Appeal – Shorthand transcript of evidence at trial – When allowed – RSC
Ord 58, rr 4 and 11.
The rule that the cost of a shorthand transcript of the evidence given at the trial should not be
allowed on appeal unless there has been an agreement in the court below that it should be
taken and used as the judge’s note is not a hard and fast rule but only a ground for asking the
court to exercise its discretion in the matter. Where the shorthand transcript has been used
without objection and the appeal could not be properly presented without it, such costs ought
to be allowed to a successful party.