High Court Tariffs (16 July 2010 to 19 June 2023)

There are various High Court tariffs in South Africa which are published from time to time. The High Court tariffs are a set of fees raised by an attorney that will include necessary expenses or disbursements incurred by the Attorney and / or Legal Practitioner to enable him or her to litigate which a party is responsible to pay. The High Court tariffs are set by the Rules Board for Courts of Law, and they are revised and amended on a regular basis.

Party-and-Party costs are legal costs that a Court may order a losing party to pay to the successful party after the conclusion of a legal action or application. This doesn’t mean that if you win your case, the “losing side” will simply pay all your legal fees as it is a little more complicated than that. A party may be reimbursed for these legal costs which will be either upon agreement between the parties or by being awarded with costs by means of a Court order.

Party-and-Party costs are legal costs incurred in the course and scope of either prosecuting or defendant a claim in Court. Each legal action or application are specific to the Court you are litigating in. Such Party-and-Party costs doesn’t usually include legal costs before summons are issued but there are certain exceptions which are not relevant to this article relating to High Court tariffs.

Party-and-Party costs doesn’t usually include the costs related to each consultation between an attorney and his or her client. For instance, they don’t necessarily include charges for the time an attorney spends consulting with his or her client, but rather only the necessary attendances from commencement of a legal matter until its conclusion and / or finality.

Party-and-Party costs are subject to specific Court tariffs, which are set by law and charged according to fixed scales and such tariffs charged differs from the Magistrates’ Court tariffs to the High Court tariffs.

Disclaimer:
Kindly note that we attempt to provide you as the user with the latest High Court tariffs but there may be new High Court tariffs published from time to time that may not be available as of yet. It is the the responsibility of the user to ensure that he or she is using the relevant High Court tariffs.