Hilary Muza 
A lot of people believe that going to a civil court to assert one’s rights, or defend one’s interests is an easy and a pretty cheap job to do, but I want to dispel any such mischievous thoughts because litigation is no longer as cheap as it used to be.
A discussion on the subject of legal costs may assist those who still labour under the false impression that justice in civil-related matters comes absolutely for free.
As a starting point, I must distinguish the various categories of costs that one may be made to pay when going through litigation.
What most members of the public know are what are known as legal practitioner and client costs, and as their name suggests, these are costs paid by a client to his/her lawyer for services rendered.
Then there are what are called party and party costs, these being costs that would have been incurred by a party to legal proceedings and that the losing party is ordered by a court to pay him/her.
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