Ekeu & Another v Attorney General (Taxation Appeal 1 of 2024)
Ekeu & Another v Attorney General (Taxation Appeal 1 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 668 (7 May 2024)
The court held that the Assistant Registrar erred by applying the outdated Advocates (Remuneration and Taxation of Costs) Rules S.I 267-4 instead of the 2018 Amendment Regulations, as the judgment awarding costs was delivered in 2023. The applicable law for taxation is that in force at the time of judgment, not at the time of suit filing. Furthermore, the Assistant Registrar erred by excluding damages and interest from the value of the subject matter, contrary to established legal principles that require instruction fees to be calculated on the total judgment sum, including all awarded amount…
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- Taxation Of Costs
- Retrospective Application Of Law
- Instruction Fees
- Judgment Sum Calculation