A. Legal fees related to proceedings before this Court
177. The Applicant prays the Court to award
him United
States Dollars Twenty
Thousand (US$ 20,000) as lawyers’ fees for the proceedings before this Court.
This is calculated on the basis of 300 hours of legal work, of which 200 hours
are for the assistant counsel and 100 hours for the lead counsel, thus accounting
for United States Dollars Fifty (US$ 50) an hour for the assistant counsel, and
United States Dollars One Hundred (US$ 100) an hour for the lead counsel,
totalling United States Dollars Ten Thousand
(US$
counsel and United States Dollars Ten Thousand
and
10,000) for the assistant
(US$
10,000) for the lead
counsel.
178. For its part, the Respondent State avers that the Applicant was provided legal
assistance by PALU, hence, he did not incur any legal expenses in conducting
his case. Relying on the Norbert Zongo v Burkina Faso Case, the Respondent
State argues that it is not sufficient to remit probative documents, rather, the
parties must
develop the reasons that relate the evidence to the facts under
consideration, and in the case of alleged financial disbursement, the items and
justification must be clearly described. The Respondent State submits that the
claims for legal fees should be disregarded.
see
179. With regard to legal fees, “while the reparation paid to the victims of human
rights violations may also include reimbursement of lawyer's fees”®?,the Court
notes in the instant case that the Applicant was represented by PALU throughout
the proceedings under the Court's legal assistance scheme. As the Court has
®°Beneficiaries of late Norbert Zongo v. Burkina Faso (reparations) (2015) 1 AfCLR 258 § 79.
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