East African Community Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2019. Two or more parties Costs where trustees defend deparately Expenses of persons attending hearing 17. Where the same advocate is employed for two or more parties and separate proceedings are taken by or on behalf of any two such parties, the taxing officer shall consider in the taxation of such advocate’s bill of costs whether such separate proceedings were necessary and proper, and if he is of the opinion that any part of the costs occasioned thereby has been unnecessarily or improperly incurred, the same shall be disallowed. 18. In taxing the costs as between party and party or for payment of a trust fund of joint executors or trustees who are separately represented, the taxing officer shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Court or a judge allow only one set of costs for such parties, such costs to be apportioned among them as the taxing officer shall deem fit. 19. The taxing officer shall allow the reasonable expenses of a party who appeared in person at the hearing of an application or appeal and those of a witness who gave evidence at any such hearing but shall not allow the expenses of any person who may have attended the hearing, unless the Court has so ordered. SCALE OF COSTS USD. Cts 1. For instructions to file a notice of appeal…………. 50 00 2. For instructions to act for a respondent:-Where an appeal is subsequently instituted…………………. 60 00 Where no appeal is subsequently instituted to cover all costs arising out of the notice of appeal, other than disbursements and those of any application to the Court………………………………………… 100 00 3. For drawing a notice of motion …………………… 30 00 4. For drawing an affidavit, for each folio or part thereof, exclusive of exhibits……………………… 10 00 5. For drawing a notice of appeal…………………….. 15 00 6. For drawing a notice of address for service…………………………………………….. 10 00 126