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Harare High Court
Petrotrade (Pvt) Ltd v Muchic Marketing Services (Pvt) Ltd
HH 187-21
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
28 April 2021
Citation
HH 187-21
Neutral Citation
[2021] ZWHH 187
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Review
Bench
Presiding
FOROMA J
Full Bench
FOROMA J
Areas of Law
Civil ProcedureCosts and Taxation
Keywords
attorney-client costsparty-party scaleGeneral Tariff of FeesMagistrates Court Act
Tags
coststaxationmagistrates court rules
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Magistrates Court Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"When a magistrate has granted costs on an attorney-client scale, is the taxing officer allowed to use tariffs as provided in General Tariff of Fees for Legal Practitioners 2011?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Magistrate granted attorney-client costs; taxing officer used 2011 Tariff"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant sought review of a magistrate's decision that upheld a taxing officer's use of the General Tariff of Fees for Legal Practitioners 2011 to tax an attorney-client bill of costs. The magistrate had granted rescission of judgment with costs on attorney-client scale, and the taxing officer used the 2011 Tariff instead of the party-party scale prescribed by the Magistrates Court Act.
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