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Citation
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Judgment date
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| October 2010 |
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Court set aside a manifestly excessive instruction fee award and substituted it with a reasonable amount following review of taxation.
Costs – taxation – judicial review of taxing officer’s discretion – manifestly excessive costs – principles applicable to review of costs awards – application of correct rule for instruction fees – consistency of awards – reasonableness.
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29 October 2010 |
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Court set aside a manifestly excessive instruction fees award, emphasizing consistency and fairness in taxation of costs.
Civil procedure – taxation of costs – principles applicable to judicial review of taxing officer’s award – instruction fees – manifestly excessive award – consistency and fairness in assessment of costs – application of correct legal rules under court procedures.
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29 October 2010 |
| August 2010 |
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The court affirmed its appellate jurisdiction and upheld refusal to extend time for challenging taxed costs, emphasizing finality and discretion.
Civil procedure – Court of regional integration – Appellate jurisdiction – Direct appeal from single Judge of First Instance Division – Discretion to extend time – Sufficient reasons – Public interest and prejudice – Supremacy of treaty over procedural rules – Finality of litigation.
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1 August 2010 |
| June 2010 |
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The court taxed the applicant’s bill of costs, reduced excessive claims, and ordered a balance payable after set-off between parties.
Taxation of costs – Reasonableness of instruction fees – Requirement for documentary proof of disbursements – Application of set-off in cost awards – East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure
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22 June 2010 |
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A bill of costs must be reasonable and properly supported; costs owed were set off, leaving a net sum payable to applicant.
Civil procedure – taxation of costs – claim for costs – adequacy of documentary proof – reasonableness of amount claimed – set off of mutual costs liabilities under court rules.
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22 June 2010 |
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Extension of time to serve appeal documents granted where part of delay was due to court administrative lapses, promoting substantive justice.
Civil procedure – extension of time – sufficient reason – delay in service of record of appeal – discretion of court – administrative error by court staff – substantive justice versus technicality.
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22 June 2010 |
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A Taxing Officer reduced excessive instruction fees in a complex costs bill, balancing reasonableness and the case's novelty.
Costs – Taxation – Assessment of instruction fees – Discretion of Taxing Officer – Consideration of complexity, novelty, professional responsibility, and reasonableness – Adjustment of excessive claims in party and party bills.
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22 June 2010 |
| January 2010 |
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A court declined to interfere with a Taxing Officer’s discretion in awarding instruction fees after a case was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Taxation of costs – Instruction fee – Judicial discretion of the Taxing Officer – Circumstances justifying interference by court – Appropriateness of fee when matter disposed of on preliminary objection.
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15 January 2010 |
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A court will not interfere with instruction fees taxed by a Taxing Officer unless discretion is exercised on wrong principles.
Civil procedure – taxation of costs – discretion of Taxing Officer – instruction fee – basis for assessment when case disposed on preliminary objection – court’s power to interfere with taxation only on wrong application of legal principles.
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15 January 2010 |
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A challenge to the exercise of the Taxing Officer’s discretion in awarding instruction fees was dismissed where no error of principle was shown.
Costs – Taxation of costs – Instruction fees – Discretion of Taxing Officer – Interference by court only where wrong principles applied – Reference dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
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15 January 2010 |