Uganda Case Law

Zachary Olum & Anor v Attorney General

Zachary Olum & Anor v Attorney General (Civil Application No. 1/04) [2004] UGCA 12 (29 July 2004)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Application No. 1/04

The Court of Appeal partly allowed a taxation reference, increasing instruction fees and permitting additional costs in a constitutional petition against the Attorney General.

• Taxation Of Costs
• Instruction Fee
• Constitutional Petition Costs
• Judicial Discretion
• Costs Consistency
• Taxation-of-costs

Attorney General v Ssemwogerere and Another

Attorney General v Ssemwogerere and Another (Civil Application 20 of 2000) [2001] UGSC 22 (2 February 2001)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Civil Application 20 of 2000

Judge

J.W.N.Tsekooko, JSC

The taxing officer erred in principle by basing the instruction fee award on speculative and extraneous factors such as the purported pricelessness of constitutional rights, international respectability, and separation of powers, rather than on the reasonable guidelines set out in Rule 9(2) of the Third Schedule. The subject matter of the appeal did not have a quantifiable monetary value, and the appeal itself was interlocutory, brief, and not exceptionally complex. The award of Shs.350,000,000/= was manifestly excessive and inconsistent with previous awards in similar cases. The court held t…

Source excerpt

• Taxation Of Costs
• Instruction Fee Assessment
• Constitutional Petition Costs
• Principles Of Cost Award
• Access To Justice
• Judicial Discretion