19930226 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19930226 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The taxing officer exercised discretion to allow 2/3 of the claimed instruction fee, finding it justifiable in the circumstances, and struck out or reduced other items not supported by evidence or outside the scale, resulting in a taxed bill of shs.99,531/=

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Citation
19930226 TZHC Dar es Salaam
Parties
Applicant: Construction Engineers and Builders Ltd.; Respondent: Tanzania Legal Corporation (on behalf of respondents)
Court
TZHC
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
26 February 1993
Procedural Posture
Bill of Costs (taxation) / Ruling on Taxation of Costs
Outcome
Bill of costs taxed and allowed in part
Legal Topics
Taxation of Costs, Prerogative Orders, Advocate's Fees
Source Language
en
Civil Procedure Legal Costs Taxation of Costs Prerogative Orders Advocate's Fees

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Parties

Construction Engineers and Builders Ltd.

Applicant

Tanzania Legal Corporation (on behalf of respondents)

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Bill of Costs (taxation) / Ruling on Taxation of Costs

  1. 1 What is the reasonable fee for instruction and other items in the bill of costs following dismissal of a substantive application for prerogative orders?
  2. 2 Whether the claimed costs are supported by evidence and within the applicable scale?

Ratio Decidendi

The taxing officer exercised discretion to allow 2/3 of the claimed instruction fee, finding it justifiable in the circumstances, and struck out or reduced other items not supported by evidence or outside the scale, resulting in a taxed bill of shs.99,531/=

Court Disposition

Bill of costs taxed and allowed in part

Orders

  • Instruction fee taxed at shs.66,666/=
  • Other items allowed or struck out as per ruling