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Taxing Officer Mariki taxed a withdrawn suit’s costs at Tshs. 3,520,000/=, reducing instruction fees and attendance allowance after reviewing the record.
The taxing officer allowed part of the bill, taxing the plaintiff’s costs at Tshs 1,620,000/= and taxing off the balance after reducing several claimed items.
The High Court rejected a taxation reference, holding that the Ninth Schedule did not apply to this land dispute and that the taxed instruction fee was lawful.
The High Court partly allowed a taxation reference, reducing duplicated instruction fees for jointly represented respondents while upholding appearance costs and taxation costs.
Taxation ruling in which the High Court at Musoma reduced the instruction fee, allowed attendance and drawing costs in part, and taxed the bill at Tshs 7,889,000/=.
The High Court at Mwanza taxed a costs bill after withdrawal of the main application, allowing instruction fees, reduced attendance and disbursements, and fees for the taxation.
Taxation ruling on a bill of costs from a nuisance appeal, fixing instruction fees, attendance charges, disbursements, and denying taxation costs under Order 48.
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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The court found that the taxing officer acted on correct principles in taxing off transport costs due to lack of evidence of medical necessity, but erred in merging advocate's transport and attendance fees and in taxing off costs for attending the taxation cause. The instruction fee was properly taxed off due to lack of evidentiary support in the applicant's affidavit. The court exercised its discretion to increase the total awarded costs to Tshs. 654,000/=.
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The taxing officer erred in awarding excessive instruction fees and costs for drafting without proper evidence or reasoning. The court substituted the instruction fees and drafting costs with amounts deemed reasonable under the Remuneration Order, reducing the total award to Tshs. 1,360,000/=.
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