SA Railways v Kemp [1915] ZATPD 99 (17 December 1915)

Costs.-Taxation.-Review of Employment of two attorneys. Residence of Minister of Railways.-Offices of Administration at Johannesburg.-Duplication of charges.

Where an action was instituted by the Minister of Railways in the Supreme Court, Pretoria, and it appeared that practically the whole administration of the
railway service and of the particular branch concerned in the action was carried on in Johannesburg, Held, on a review of taxation, that plaintiff was entitled to employ an attorney both at Pretoria and at Johannesburg, but,
Semble, that duplications of costs should not be allowed.