Section 84, The Bankruptcy Act, 2009

(1) Where a trustee or manager receives remuneration forhis service no payment shall be allowed in his account in respect of the performance by any other person of the ordinary duties which are required by this Act to be performed by him. (2) Where the trustee is a legal practitioner, he may contract that the remuneration for his services as trustee shall include all professional services. Appeal to court against Control of court over Remuneration Allowance and taxation of costs. 60 61 (3) All bills and charges of legal practitioners, managers, accountants, auctioneers, brokers and other persons, not being trustee, shall be taxed by the Registrar and no payments in respect of the bills shall be allowed in the trustee’s accounts without proof of such taxation having been made. (4) The Registrar shall satisfy himself before passing the bills and charges that the employment of the legal practitioners and other persons, in respect of the particular matters out of which the charges arise, has been duly sanctioned; and the sanction shall be obtained before the employment, except in cases of urgency, and in such cases it shall be shown that no undue delay took place in obtaining the sanction. (5) Every person shall, on request by the trustee, (which request the trustee shall make at a sufficient time before declaring a dividend), deliver his bill of costs or charges to the Registrar for taxation, and if he fails to do so within seven days after receipt of the request or such further time as the court, on application may grant, the trustee shall declare and distribute the dividend without regard to any claim by him, and then the claim shall be forfeited as well against the trustee personally as against the estate. Receipts, payments, accounts and audit