Yesero Mugenyi v Abdul Nasser (Taxation Reference 2 of 2022)
Yesero Mugenyi v Abdul Nasser (Taxation Reference 2 of 2022) [2024] UGCA 1 (29 January 2024)
The Court found that the Taxing Officer exercised her discretion appropriately in awarding instruction fees of UGX 15,000,000, considering the nature, value, and complexity of the appeal. However, since more than one-third of the Respondent's bill of costs was taxed off, the Court applied Rule 13 of the Third Schedule to the Judicature (Court of Appeal Rules) Directions, which mandates disallowance of costs for drawing, filing, serving the bill, and attending taxation. Consequently, items 14 to 21 were disallowed, and the final taxed costs were reduced to UGX 16,830,000. Each party was ordere…
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- Taxation Of Costs
- Instruction Fees
- Assessment Of Bill Of Costs
- Judicial Discretion In Taxation