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The High Court dismissed a reference challenging taxation, upholding the 3% instruction fee, rejecting double-taxation objections, and affirming a separate Tshs.130,000 award.
The High Court dismissed a reference challenging taxation of costs, holding the Taxing Master acted within the prescribed scale and proper discretion.
More than one sixth of the total amount of the bill of costs, exclusive of court fees, was disallowed; therefore, the Respondent was not entitled to the costs of such taxation as per Order 48 of the Advocates Remuneration Order.
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Since the respondent filed a counter affidavit to contest the application, it was properly treated as an opposed application and the instruction fee of TZS 1,000,000 was appropriate under the Advocates Remuneration Order, 2015.
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Applicant demonstrated sufficient cause for delay, having applied for the ruling copy in a timely manner and acted diligently throughout. Delay in obtaining the copy justified extension of time.
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High Court ruling partly allowed a challenge to taxation of costs, reducing the taxed amount from TZS 6,475,000 to TZS 3,220,000.
The High Court dismissed a reference against taxation of costs, holding it was filed in time and that the taxed advocate’s fees were reasonable and lawful.
The applicant demonstrated an arguable case of illegality in the taxation process and sufficiently accounted for the short delay, meeting the threshold for extension of time.
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The High Court partially allowed a reference on taxation of costs, reducing instruction fees from TZS 80 million to TZS 30 million in a commercial dispute.
The High Court upheld a taxed instruction fee of TZS 150,000,000 in a consolidated taxation reference, finding the amount fair after a suit ended at preliminary stage.
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