20161102 TZHC Dar es Salaam
There is no good reason to depart from the principle that costs follow the event; the applicant is entitled to costs at this stage despite the respondent's concession.
- Citation
- 20161102 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: Nasra Said; Respondent: KCB Bank Tanzania Limited
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 2 November 2016
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Commercial Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Appear and Defend Summary Suit
- Outcome
- Application allowed with costs.
- Legal Topics
- Costs, Summary Suit, Leave to Defend
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Nasra Said
Applicant
KCB Bank Tanzania Limited
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Commercial Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Appear and Defend Summary Suit
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether costs should be awarded at the stage of a conceded application for leave to defend a summary suit
Ratio Decidendi
There is no good reason to depart from the principle that costs follow the event; the applicant is entitled to costs at this stage despite the respondent's concession.
Court Disposition
Application allowed with costs.
Orders
- Applicant entitled to costs in the present application.
- Applicant to file written statement of defence within fourteen days from the date of the ruling.
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