The remuneration of a solicitor in respect of contentious business done by him in F4the county court shall be regulated in accordance with sections 59 to 73, and for that purpose those sections shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this section.

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The amount which may be allowed on the F1assessment of any costs or bill of costs in respect of any item relating to proceedings in F3the county court shall not, except in so far as rules of court may otherwise provide, exceed the amount which could have been allowed in respect of that item as between party and party in those proceedings, having regard to the nature of the proceedings and the amount of the claim and of any counterclaim.