High Court of Malawi - 1987 November

7 judgments
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7 judgments
November 1987
Divorce granted where respondent’s adultery (evidenced by a child) and physical cruelty were proven; applicant awarded custody and costs.
  • Divorce — adultery — proof: birth of child as evidence of intercourse; Cruelty — physical assault and medical treatment; Undefended petition — consideration of collusion; Decree nisi granted; Custody and costs awarded to applicant.
30 November 1987
20 November 1987
20 November 1987
Overtaking driver and employer liable; plaintiff awarded K4,500; motorcycle damage not proved.
  • Road traffic — Overtaking duty and negligence; vicarious liability of employer; proof of special damages for vehicle loss; assessment of general damages for permanent partial incapacity.
16 November 1987
Applicant recovered K6,500 paid to respondent for an undelivered maize mill following failure of consideration.
  • Contract — oral agreement to purchase goods — money had and received — failure of consideration — judgment in default of defendant’s attendance; evidence: paid cheque.
16 November 1987
Petitioner failed to prove respondent's adultery; cross-petition dismissed for non-service; petitioner ordered to pay costs.
  • Family law — Divorce — Proof of adultery — Credibility of witnesses — Procedural requirements for service under Rule 17(3) Matrimonial Causes Rules 1950 — Dismissal for non-service; costs awarded against unsuccessful petitioner.
11 November 1987
An amendment adding a new cause of action was refused because it did not arise from the same or substantially the same facts.
  • Civil procedure — Amendment of pleadings — Addition or substitution of new cause of action — Order 20 rule 5 — New cause must arise from same or substantially same facts — Burden on applicant to show identity of facts — Amendment not automatic.
6 November 1987