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3 judgments
May 1987
Mpereya v Press Bakeries Limited (Civil Cause 547 of 1985) [1987] MWHC 13 (29 May 1987)
Claims for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution failed; plaintiff awarded K661.00 in salary arrears and costs allocated by payment into court.
  • Employment law — suspension and pay entitlements under conditions of service; Criminal torts — false imprisonment and malicious prosecution — requirement that defendant procured or preferred a charge; Prosecution defined as charge before judicial officer; proof required on balance of probabilities; Costs where payment into court.
29 May 1987
Yakubi v Persons Unknown (Civil Cause 819 of 1986) [1987] MWHC 41 (29 May 1987)
29 May 1987
Naidoo v Mazi &Export Company Limited & Another (Civil Cause 706 of 1988) [1987] MWHC 12 (25 May 1987)
Court awarded plaintiffs for proven sales and expenses but denied 25% interest claim and several unproven items; costs reserved.
  • Contract and commercial law — sale of goods and goods sold and delivered — proof by invoices, bills of entry and telex; recovery of specific proven sums; pre‑incorporation expenses — contribution by promoters; corporate personality — company separate from promoters; interest on ordinary debt — requires express agreement or mercantile usage.
25 May 1987