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Supreme Court
City of Gweru v Richard Masinire
[2020] ZWSC 27
Case Details
Court
Supreme Court
Date
5 February 2020
Citation
[2020] ZWSC 27
Judgment No.
SC 27/20
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
Mathonsi JA
Full Bench
Mathonsi JA
Areas of Law
Costs and taxationLegal practiceSupreme Court procedure
Keywords
Bill of costsCorrespondentPartnerTranscription costsTaxation
Tags
Costs taxationLegal practitionersAppeal record transcription
legislation
Statutes Cited
- High Court Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether a partner in a law firm can be viewed as a correspondent as to be entitled to submit a separate bill of costs for taxation","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Danziger & Partners has Gweru and Harare offices; both partners performed work"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the costs of transcription of an appeal record done by a private company should be allowed on taxation of a bill of costs","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Registrar outsourced transcription; appellant paid $1,655"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The Supreme Court previously allowed an appeal with costs. During taxation of those costs, disputes arose whether (1) a partner in a law firm can submit a separate bill as correspondent, and (2) privately-incurred transcription costs should be allowed.
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