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Tolith v Dholaga (Miscellaneous Appeal 3 of 2020) [2024] UGHC 614 (8 July 2024)
The High Court set aside a trial court’s specific costs award for being made without proper taxation procedure, and granted costs in the original suit.
Omongole and Co Advocates v Ecetu (Miscellaneous Cause 2 of 2023) [2023] UGHCCD 234 (13 July 2023)
The court found that the applicant failed to serve a bill of costs that meets the requirements of section 57(2) of the Advocates Act and Regulation 47 of the Advocates (Remuneration and Taxation of Costs) Regulations. The document served was a debit note, which is not equivalent to a bill of costs as defined by law. In the absence of a proper bill of costs or a letter accompanying such a bill, the statutory prerequisites for taxation were not satisfied. The court emphasized that compliance with these procedural requirements is mandatory before an advocate/client bill of costs can be ordered f…
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Rodrigues v The British High Commission (Civil Application 7 of 1988) [1988] UGSC 6 (1 December 1988)
The application was not properly before the court because Rule 109(1) and (2) require that a dissatisfied party must request the Registrar to refer the matter to a judge, rather than applying directly to the judge. The Registrar, upon such request, is obligated to refer the matter, and the party does not have the procedural right to bring the reference directly before the judge. The process followed by the applicant did not comply with the procedural requirements set out in the Rules, and therefore, the preliminary objection by the respondent was upheld. The application was struck out with co…
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