South Africa Case Law

Van Der Merwe N.O v MEC for Health, Gauteng and Others (15360/2009)

Van Der Merwe N.O v MEC for Health, Gauteng and Others (15360/2009) [2014] ZAGPPHC 1045 (11 December 2014)

Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Case number

15360/2009

Judge

S Strauss

The High Court set aside a wrongly taxed bill of costs, finding it had been taxed on the wrong scale contrary to the court order, and ordered taxation de novo.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Attorney And Own Client Scale
• Review Of Allocatur
• Rescission Application
• Taxation-of-costs
• Attorney-and-own-client-costs

Taxing Master of the High Court of South Africa (Bophuthatswana Provincial Division) v De Jager and Others (144/2007)

Taxing Master of the High Court of South Africa (Bophuthatswana Provincial Division) v De Jager and Others (144/2007) [2008] ZANWHC 48 (11 December 2008)

Court

North West High Court, Mafikeng

Case number

144/2007

Judge

M M Leeuw

The High Court held that a Taxing Master could tax a VAT invoice for litigious work and dismissed the review of the allocatur with costs.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Bill Of Costs
• Review Of Allocatur
• Uniform Rules Of Court
• Jurisdiction Of Taxing Master
• Taxation-of-costs

Vari-Deals 101 (Pty) Ltd t/a Vari Deal and Others v Sunsmart Products (Pty) Limted and Another (21061/2004)

Vari-Deals 101 (Pty) Ltd t/a Vari Deal and Others v Sunsmart Products (Pty) Limted and Another (21061/2004) [2007] ZAGPHC 140 (3 August 2007)

Court

High Courts - Gauteng

Case number

21061/2004

Judge

Bosielo

The court found that the Taxing Master had seriously misdirected himself by treating the application for postponement as complex solely because it related to a patent matter, and by accepting the private 'Mandate and Agreement' as binding without independently assessing the reasonableness of the fees. The applicants' failure to attend the taxation was excusable, and their payment of the taxed bill was involuntary, made under threat of execution, and did not amount to acquiescence or waiver. The Taxing Master allowed unnecessary duplication of legal services, resulting in exorbitant fees. Just…

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• Taxation Of Costs
• Patent Litigation
• Attorney And Own Client Costs
• Review Of Allocatur

Janse van Rensburg and Another v Janse van Rensburg (1293/04)

Janse van Rensburg and Another v Janse van Rensburg (1293/04) [2005] ZANWHC 3 (2 January 2005)

Court

North West High Court, Mafikeng

Case number

1293/04

Judge

A A Landman

The High Court reviewed and set aside a taxing master’s allocatur after finding the required no-objection endorsement for taxation in absence was missing.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Review Of Allocatur
• Court Practice Notes
• Taxation-of-costs
• Review-of-allocatur
• Court-practice-notes