The Laws of Zambia
21. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Taxing Officer may apply to the High
Court within four weeks after the taxation to review such taxation. Copies of the
application shall be served on the Taxing Officer and on the opposite party. The
application shall specify the items forming the subject of the grievance but the grounds
upon which such items are sought to be reviewed shall not require to be verified by
affidavit.
Review of decision of
Taxing Officer
22. The Taxing Officer may, without filing any formal documents, submit any point
arising at a taxation for decision by a Judge in Chambers, and it shall be competent for
the Taxing Officer and for the legal practitioners who appeared at the taxation to appear
before the High Court respecting such point.
Reference to president
of Tribunal in
chambers
PART V
GENERAL
23. The hearing of any application or other matter before the High Court may from
time to time be adjourned upon such terms as the High Court thinks fit.
Adjournment of
proceedings
24. (1) Except as provided in sub-rule (2), every hearing before the High Court shall
be in Lusaka.
Place of hearing
(2) One or more of the parties may, not later than fourteen days before the date
approved for the hearing, apply to the High Court to conduct the hearing at some other
place in Zambia. The High Court may, in its discretion and subject to such conditions as to
notice and costs as it thinks fit, conduct the hearing at the place named in the application.
(3) Where an application under sub-rule (2) is not made by all the parties to the
proceedings, the High Court shall not decide the application without giving the parties an
opportunity to be heard.
25. The forms set out in the First Schedule shall be used in all cases to which they
are applicable and may be modified as directed by the High Court.
Prescribed forms
26. The High Court fees prescribed in Part I of the Second Schedule shall be paid
to the Registrar of Designs at the Office.
Prescribed fees
27. (1) Upon receipt of any document chargeable with any fee payable in terms of
these Rules, the Registrar of Designs shall endorse upon the original of such document
the amount of the fee paid and the date of payment.
Endorsement of fee on
document chargeable
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