19881011 TZHC Dar es Salaam

nr TI:::: HIGTI OOUD.T o.r T}:J,fZ .."JJL\ r· &T DI.n ES GALA.m CIVIL APPEAL J.ITOo 1/1986 ( 00.IGIM:U, ~1 CIVIL CA3E HO. 19p/1985 AT KISUTU) m~•s COURT DAR 11:3 SALAtllVI W.LUTJJ!TCIII Lf\.J30Uil. POOL COP..POR!.~TIO:tJ .. o o., •••••.. APPEIJJANT vs. BANDARilIT LlJ30UR POOL cc:;..::)p • SOC•• o • • • • • o RI:IJPONDEllT RULDTG: I have gone throu.3h the bill of costs filed by tlie Tanzania Le(sal Corporation. I have carefully considerec. tho subrnir.::iJions mac1e by ?:frso Rwebangira, Lear.aed Coun::rnl for t!1e decree holclor, <1-:,1cl Hr. Maira Leamied Counsel for tho juclcement debtor. I ag.r-ee uith Mrs., -forebanGira that fees for instructions are taken to cover not only ac.vocate the advooc..te 's attendenc0 in court but 2,lso tl10 w!~.ole uork such as mclcing .r research on tho !L'elevar~t Laws respect inc tho issues at stake, anc1 also compilins tho rolcvn:.:1t facts or information concornins tho me:ctc:;..' indospute~ it also includes attcndcnce in court and so forth. I have also taken the tr trouble to ::cead tho authorities cited by Mr., Rt·roban{jira, for example tho case of C. P.A...'TI:ul VS. MOILJBD ALI OTil:r:JAN (HCD) 1968, No. 502 which stated intoralia, that there is no formulo.. for auarclin,; costo for instruction fcoo but the. taxing mo,r..itor has tho duty to conoiclor the 110.,i;u:co of tho caso, tho ainount invol vod an.cl tho cire1z;1.stanco:::i surround.inc; tho whole c~.so. It is not also inclosputo tha.t this case started in 19Gl an.cl. a.cljud.f,-ed in 1987. In my op0nion t'h.is period of six years has to be t:J.lccn into account in vimr of tho country's d.eprecin.t ion of the , rackoteori1~ . ,.. Tanzania shilling and t .:10 · o:i: prices :i:or sorvice:3 and .-;-:x-,:1odi tics. Mr.. MG.ira, on th0 otllor hancl o.rguoc.1 tho..t tho subject matter of tho suit was in roapcct of a claim for an of:f:'ico space whos0 rental value was shs. 100/= per month. That tho :mccossful party hn.s only submittecl 5 5I'Ounc1B of ap:·:ioo..l a.~;ainst the clecioion o:f tho District Court. That thoy were all i1oints of tacts ano. 110 oj.nglc point of Law t!lat required any research. For this re2.son, ho so.ic.1., tho claim of shs. 200,000/= is diametrically disproportionate to tho uork dono. Tho 001::mSol for tho arcooo. thn.t in tho Pardll1111 1s _ca.so (citocl. above) if there wns no formula tho cm.r.ct thr.:b is money pa.icl to tho succesr::ful :::~:rty. On . tho other lmncL, ho s2.io., items lfo. 6,Uool2 ::mcl 13 c,:i:-o o~:.ly in rc □ poct of c.btivitics which invol'vcd tho succossf'ul. pc'.'..ttics uhcn they attended court 9 one wo..s to tn.ke ac'l.di tion2,l evidence, tho scoo:ad ,ras to argue .the en.so and t~i.o third aspect 1ms to rocoi vc juc1{;"Cmont. '11his nould thoroforn mccn tllc..t if the claim of slw;. 200,000/= is divided by 3 than tho a..dvocato for t:10 succoosful po.rtj' would haw boon, ontitl9d to lxl po.ic.l shs. 60,000/ = per day.; . It is also t-1:e. rfairo.,ls _subm'.i.:::ision that Tanzania Lce,nl Corporation is a Public Corporation and. tlmt tho uholo purpose j_)hyloso-:-pb.y of cstablishinc; tho cor!)oratio;.1 't-fc..s to reduce costs to tho oon.'3umer of the services antl. cct ric.1 of capitalists. Therefore i:f tho.;;, will be cb.o.rgin:::; shs. 601000/ = per clay they will dofin2.toly clofoat the whole purpose· of establishin.::; tllo Tammnia •Loc,'2-1 Corporation. Fi th duo -respect, I do not D{;TOO with Mr. Maira tJ.mt there wo.,s no siJ.15lt: Law invol vocl. in tho il.1stant cc1,so. In tho first plo..co there is no sinc;lo Civil Gase t~.m.t cnn bo filed uit_hout follouin,::; tho Rules of PleadiJ.13s. Also Civil ()o,sos arc c;uic1ou. or roculatocl by tho Civil Procodu:ce Godo and tl,eroforo there we,s no uc..y tllat tho pn.rt_ion cow.cl hn:vc pursued their ii1terost in cow.~t uHhout usin,::; tho Ciiril Prococ1u.rc Coda of T,:mZ?Jlia. Ac;a.in, tho subject m..,ttor invol vod. a11 office space uhoso <_>ccupants uoro, prqing r0:1t to tho Tanze,nia :r.carbours Authority m1cJ. tho successful po,rty. Also I 0,._:;Tco with Mrs. llireb2.nc,'irc, that it ,l","B uron_::; for Ib:-o Hairo, to nay the,t instruction foe shoull1 be rocl.ucod. bocau.sc tl1e Ln.wyor cW10 to court o;,tly 3 times. Infact instruction foos aro rnmrdod that uork is done, in an office library, in cou:d et co tora. Sho rie,ntly submi ttod tJ.12.t tho T.Lo_C. is- a firm of professionals practining Lau i:md hD,vo a duty to cc:.rn their livinG throu,:sh work just as in tho· 02,r.10 'tmy tho privn,tc Lawyers cl.oo I arn in r.i,c,;Toomont with her t)mt tl-:..o fact t!1n.t it: is a pn.rn.ctntal Organisation it dee;:¼ not mom1 that tho cor1)oration shoulc.l. clmrge loss own a.t the detriment of tho corporation itself. It should bo notocl. tlmt tho Govo:rnmont t~1rou[i11 Troo..su:ry is tho sole share holclor of T.L.c. aJ1cl. therefore tho prococcls arc imt to public use. In othorwords as Hrso Rwoban3ira commontco., t}10 money :,:iaicl to T.. L.C. as il.1struct5.on foes, or foes for in.stru9tion to suo arc not for individuals clone but for tho Country's Conmrunity ao a whole. From what I hc1vc stated abovo I ,rill non mci.ko my doc is ion. I thinl{ item Noo 1 on tho bill of d.os_t is r,mnifostly excessive in tho circumstances of' tho case and. in my openion shs. 50,ooo/ = will bo ,.. ,i,to reasonable. Accorcl.inr_;-ly I tn,x off she. 150,000/= ae,ninst item Ho.],. other j_toms lnvo no problem ancl. c1ro loft unintorforod wi•fa. Tho uholo bill is therefore taxed at shs. 60 .,370/= - 3 \.r. -,.'-~y I .( Al c. HPJ!R-1L) T/IMGTER 11/10/1988 Rul:i.nG"·tlolivorccl 11/10/1988. llrs. Throbanc,"ira - Prosont. Mro Maira: - Absent ,. i' v· ~[\} ( J.o C.' MRIMA ~ TjH1',,STER