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dc.date.accessioned 2017-08-21T08:35:26Z
dc.date.available 2017-08-21T08:35:26Z
dc.identifier.citation [2009] ZACC 9
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (8) BCLR 785 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/34559
dc.title President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others (Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces intervening) en_US
dc.title.alternative CCT24/08A
dc.title.alternative CCT52/08A
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT24/08A
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT52/08A
dc.contributor.judge Sachs J
dc.date.judgment 1 April 2009
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/34559/Full%20judgment%20on%20costs%201%20April%202009%20Official%20version.PDF?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis This judgment rejected Mr Quagliani?s challenges to the enforceability of the South Africa-United States Extradition Agreement. The judgment left open the question whether a punitive costs order should be made in connection with wasted costs occasioned by a last-minute application for postponement of delivery of the judgment. The application, made on the morning the judgment was to be delivered, sought to join the Speakers of the provincial legislatures to the proceedings. Sachs J held that bringing an application to postpone delivery of judgment well after all the evidence had been looked at and argument completed, was so manifestly out of line with proper respect for court processes, that a special adverse costs order was called for. Commendable eagerness by a legal representative to serve the best interests of his client, had transformed itself into excess of zeal. As Mr Quagliani authorised the last-minute application, he was ordered to pay the wasted costs on an attorney and client scale.
dc.concourt.casehistory Judgment on costs with regard to: President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Quagliani; President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Van Rooyen and Another; Goodwin v Director-General, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others [2009] ZACC 1


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