Christmas Mazarire v Taxing Officer (2) Old Mutual (Private) Limited

[2022] ZWSC 87

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Case Details

Court

Supreme Court

Date

23 February 2022

Citation

[2022] ZWSC 87

Judgment No.

SC 87/23

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Review

Bench

Presiding

Mwayera JA

Full Bench

Mwayera JA

Areas of Law

Administrative LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

taxation of costslitigant in personreview proceedingsdiscretion of taxing officer

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether a self-represented litigant can claim costs for time and effort spent prosecuting a matter","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant is self-represented; claimed US$746.53 for man hours"}
{"issue_text":"Whether costs incurred at the Labour Court should be included in Supreme Court taxation","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Items 1-138 relate to Labour Court proceedings predating the appeal"}
{"issue_text":"Whether costs should be denominated in United States dollars or Zimbabwean local currency","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant insisted on USD; second respondent wanted to pay in ZWL"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant, a self-represented litigant, sought review of a taxing officer's decision that disallowed various items in his bill of costs. The costs were awarded to him in a previous Supreme Court case (SC 105/20) concerning his retrenchment dispute with Old Mutual. The taxing officer disallowed claims for time spent prosecuting the appeal, costs incurred at the Labour Court, and costs denominated in USD rather than ZWL.

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