According to The Sunday Mail, MDC will soon seek arbitration from the Registrar of the Court, to determine the bill through a process called taxation of costs.

Taxation of costs is a process performed by the court upon resolution of a civil case where representatives of the claimant and defendant fail to agree on the quantum of costs as ordered by the court.

Dube, Manikai and Hwacha Legal Practitioners, the instructing firm to Mnangagwa’s legal team, invoiced Mr Chamisa’s lawyers a bill of around $3,2 million.

That figure excludes costs for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and Mr Elton Mangoma’s lawyers.

MDC-Alliance secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora said they will invoke the process of taxation of costs.“We were advised that they have billed us for the costs as ordered by the court,” said Mr Mwonzora.

“In our view, the bill is extremely excessive, not bonafide and grossly exaggerated and our lawyers are going to contest it.

“We are told that they have billed us a figure of around US$3, 2 million.

“There is a process called taxation where if we fail to agree on the bill, the court will have to go through the bill and determine what is fair.

“The bill we have at the moment is grossly malicious.”