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; \ / .. •• / I 'l:~ ~ ffiMf ~ -OF- T'ANZ1m!A A:1' ARUSHA .. , ·_; . _;/; ,, JILL.SF c:®2 N01 1.. OF 2ooit (c/f ..., H/C (PC) Civil Appo . 1?/02) . :, ·,• SUZAN A. NY.ARI • o . o o o., • o o • o o o o ~ ;,,; ·--AF!'LI~ I, . Vrs AW'ADH OM.iillY(as the AMn. of the estate of the late · TATU 'WILLiti.M) ·••oooo••··· R:m:FONDENT RULING ·~ ~ ~uz.an~ ~ ~ h Mr. Loom~· l~ne& ~ l . , . ,I • • . has filed a: bill of t-oste~, claiming . a. to;tal i ' of' 'shs 31 64-6,000/- being an··-alleged costs incur:t'ed ip a con:du~t of a High Court 1 (PC) Civil Appeal ·. No. 1?/2002 in which s'heI won. The claims are against the lo~ser in the said matter, ';one Awadh Qnary ' who is· an Administrator of the estate of:·1,he late Tatu William~ the origi~ .. . respondent and. party to:>the I a!b-ove . cite'd .) . civil~ matt~r~ · .. Howf2ver in the course of hearing t'pis application, ' ,, one· Hawa.. Ally replaoed Naadh Qna.ey as a respondent, by prese- · nting a letter of app~intment as an administrik of th'e estate bf the .''late Tatu ,William. t ., '.';" 1'·. •: The bill so filed ha.s. 1, ,items, led :~Y.:the main item which holds a claim of shs. 3,500,oOO/= as ihstru8"biori·fees t~ ' 1¥ ', ,•. ' ~pe ceunsele The rest of the items are mainly in respect ef . ·' ·, , I . ,. ·transp•rt, attendanpe fees, an:d-, filings .of d.ocuments · in ceurt. -. There· areg_alse fees. of shs 10,000/=- per drawings of various I '• items - :Ltem n.o.2,6,13 &:. 14-. The ~ates for ,attendance are 3,000/=, p'er ,~c•assion, and that of transport is shs.5,000/• per trip~ Items 17', & ,18 & 19 are in respect' 1: ; of oourt fees ' . ·• for filings . s·o'. .effected~. ~ .. ·. • . ' · • I 1 • , · •· The hearin·g,of this application was unusually brief. Mr. Oja.re, learned counsel for ~he applicant briefly stated that the instructi9n fees is justified. ae the appeal "'· . . I I . was a second one with so many research in ftifferent l . laws. He .also said-that the transport cests ~nd that of attendance· are reasonaalel; . ' ... ,. /2 ,.- ' ',, \ \ . :· ·< \" ._\_ :. . ~-.. On,-- t.P::,, ... · ..,ot~~s:~ . •u.-.:na tl,p -Ce!-ep,e,,n.o.~t Eo--.rQ Al-~.,. cpp-oSQd the '--' bill for being on the high-sid~. He coulnt explain more than' stating that_what she can afford, and infact suggests is shs ·-, ::::11.•-~·,:>;\~- ':.~,. ' .~ :· . . 500,000/='as instruction fee~. That is all a.bout the argments before the courto I had to go and peruse the record in respect of HC (PC) Girli Appo No~.17/2002 which g~ve.. birth to this.bill of costs, ·to' ·a~certain the particul;rs ·stated by the applicant in the ...bill of. costs now in hand. The objective· is to have a picture . of the same in order to be in the position to determina.__,the .. : extent to which the bill.:haa.~-to be allowed.. AJ:l this is, ::speoifically aimed at the amount of shs 3.·5:mi•·:claimed :as., instruction fees to the advocate. My findings upon:· perusal of the- sai~,::fe_~prd are '.in agr- eement with Mro 0Jare that the matter wa~;· a sec9nd .a,ppeal. 0 T~~ firpt one b~ing an appeal f'rom the Prt1nary Court to the Distri<?t -: . Cour-u.· ·. But' ..-then .. - . : ,. Mro Ojar~~ . -· was ,:-rr· not· ·involved in the said appeal. Even 1..f ne· was inv·olved,. -the costs ·of his· legal services" provided. for c~ul'd ·have.-.. o-een·::'c'.liimed at the District Court and not her'e. . ;e,'l)• --~~ • -t,.·. :.,_... -;; , . ~.Jith regard to':\he··rese~cti ~~tif)R~_;':the appeal that was • before . _.:t. he High Court, T atn again in-.::.@.g~.eement with Mr. Ojare , ,· that the ;esearch. was'•.:-aoh~:,:wafn wr'i ttini.his submission. tit . ' . . : . - ··-- ..... .} . ~:,su.pport the appeal_ he_. pr~f~rred. Howe'y~f ·fr~~. the retior«/ submission one can,p9t find it difficult to comm~nt.that the fl- ~ • ·- ' '. • •••• . research done· was centered 01:1 the lower c~:mr~ record alone. --·••- ____tJ.'he research handlyment beyond· that., And· this is: by quoting ...• -;i~gl~- . a_ ~tithority·•i~eo the c~se of Farah M~hamed· Vs Fa.tuma • =•.• • ··,:·i:.:, .· (1992) .LTR 2050 Thtit wa;:3 ~J.l, about the .re'search. . .... . - • . - . -....... ..., M.- : - Hq..ri..ng_ this :in .mind·; I tend t9 agree wi:th the respondent that ,th'e' instru~t'io;:--f~es of shs~, 3:~5 ml i};' the high" side. ·~rt.: N9tniJ:ig i$. justifying the amoµ~.;-··s~ 'to speakJ Whil,e·.I don't ~ -J ' ._ f •, i J • • • ~ • • ; : , ', ,,: •••• I - c;,Sl:;~e>: '4:ti:b-.j;bif: ~~.spop1~t :that ~the appr·opr'j)1te fee should be , . shs: .50<\'bOO/=, I fina,·;,tt_ diffidiiit to tax the same beyond shs 600,. 000/;,;,~ I tax 't-he ,;i-t~m to: thq.t ext.ent and t~ off r· . .? . • i :·: 1 ~'·~".•'1:'•':r .. '\ the rest for being u.nrf:_ai'ist"ic" I ~l~_o dont se'¢ 'the .; ;"fk . :rationale . •' . behind . . having . . , • I •• instruction ~ fees and· claims under,J.tem 2,6,'13 & ,,l4o I think this has been included under'.item·No. ·1" I·therefore' tax the items to nil. •• •• 3 •• •• Having the nature ot: the ~ s be-£-.()i-e the high court 0 during .the conduct.of the matter, I also find the attendante allowance on the high side. · I tax each of the i tern relating to this aspect to shs. 1,500/'II:. Se the i,t;ems r~ar<ling ,t8 transport is reduced to shs 3,000/= per trip~ The disbursement/court fees are ta.Jlfed as presentei. i.e. items no. 17,18 & 19. I have no problem ·:w1.th attendance dates that has been cited on the bill of costs as the same tally with the court record. Having this in mind, the bill •f coats is truced in the following manner:- Instruction fees - shs 600,000L= Attendance before the court and transport shs.1,500/m plus 3,000/= respectively. There are 11 trips. Thus shs 421500L=o I may1aflow more three attendances effected when filing documentso ~item Noo 6,13 & 1'-1-). This is shs '-1-500 x 3 which is shso 13500/=o Filing tees total shs 5,000/m(item 17,18 & 19). The total sum so allowed becomes shs. The bill of costs is therefore taxed at the tune of shs 668,000/= and the rest is taxed of for being unreasonably on the high sideo (Po .Bo Khaday) TAilNG OFF! CER I h·ereby. certify that this is a true copy of original. ~~-l· A~ DISFdt'" Riifils'.fm O ARUSHA