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Similar sentiments were echoed in Barnard v Taxing Master of the High Court of South Africa (TPD) … as the applicant, having failed to attend taxation due to his attorney’s fault, applied for a review of the taxation in terms of rule 53.
He (the Taxing Master) must hear parties or their legal representative (and if need be also evidence) and exercise a judicial discretion.
In as much as proceedings before the Taxing Master constitute an action in miniature, common-law principles applicable to the setting aside of the default judgments apply also to the setting aside of the Taxing Master’s allocator.
As submitted by the defendant, the perusals ought to have been allowed at a reduced rate determined by the Taxing Master in the exercise of her discretion.
Presumably the correspondence was available and could have been placed before the Taxing Master at the time of taxation, and if not, should have been placed before the Taxing Master by the Applicant.