LAWS OF MALAWI Registered Designs Registered Designs(Tribunal) Rules (8) 20. 21. 22. Cap. 49:05 [Subsidiary] When the same person is a witness in more cases than one heard on the same day, he shall be entitled to no more than one fee for personal attendance and one allowance for traveling expenses, which shall be equally divided between such cases. (1) In all cases where a notice of taxation is necessary, seven days’ notice together with a copy of the bill of costs shall be given by the legal practitioner on behalf of the party whose costs are to be taxed to the other party or to the legal practitioner of such other party. (2) When the dwelling-house or place of business of the party against whom costs are to be taxed is more than thirty-six miles from the seat of the Tribunal, the time for the service of such notice shall be extended to fourteen days. (3) In the taxation of costs, the notice of taxation with a copy of the bill of costs may be transmitted by registered post to the party appearing in person. Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Taxing Officer may apply to the Tribunal 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. Taxing Officer may, without filing any formal documents, submit any point arising at a taxation for decision by the Chairman 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 Chairman respecting such point. Taxation of costs. Review of decision of Taxing Officer. Reference Chairman chambers. to in Adjournment proceedings of PART IV GENERAL 23. The hearing of an application or other matter before the Tribunal may from time to time be adjourned upon such terms as the Tribunal thinks fit. 24. (1) Except as provided in sub-rule (2) every hearing before the Tribunal shall be in Blantyre (2) One or more of the parties may, not later than fourteen days before the date approved for the hearing, apply to the Tribunal to conduct the hearing at some other place in Malawi. The Tribunal 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 Tribunal shall not decide the application without giving the parties an opportunity to be heard. 88 Place of hearing