Uganda Case Law

Mbabali v Kiwanuka Sekandi

Mbabali v Kiwanuka Sekandi (Constitutional Petition No. 28 of 2012) [2019] UGCC 1 (8 February 2019)

Court

Constitutional Court of Uganda

Case number

Constitutional Petition No. 28 of 2012

The court found that the petitioner was properly served with notice of taxation, and the taxing master acted within the law by proceeding ex parte. The claim that the sum allowed was manifestly excessive was examined in detail. The taxing master had awarded Shs.15,000,000.00 as instruction fees, which the court found excessive given the simplicity and lack of complexity in the constitutional petition. The court determined that Shs.3,000,000.00 was adequate for instruction fees. Several items related to perusals and attendances were reduced in accordance with the scale of costs, and claims for…

Source excerpt

• Taxation Of Costs
• Bill Of Costs
• Instruction Fees
• Scale Of Costs
• Disbursements
• Court Of Appeal Rules

Rex v Ruto (Cr. Rev. Case No. 19/1936)

Rex v Ruto (Cr. Rev. Case No. 19/1936) [1936] EACA 136 (1 January 1936)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. Rev. Case No. 19/1936

Judge

Sheridan CJ, Webb, J

The court held that costs in Native Hut and Poll Tax cases follow Schedule II of the Rules of Court, subject to the six-shilling cap in Ordinance 40/1934.

• Court Costs In Tax Cases
• Native Hut And Poll Tax
• Scale Of Costs
• Criminal Character Of Tax Recovery
• Court-costs
• Tax-recovery