High Court of Malawi - 2001 January

5 judgments
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5 judgments
January 2001
Insurer liable where no material misrepresentation and policy effective despite unpaid premium; unpaid premium and excess deducted from indemnity.
  • Insurance law — misrepresentation and non-disclosure — proposal form — effect of insured’s lack of knowledge of importation values; Insurance law — non-payment of premium — insurer’s conduct in issuing policy treated as waiver; Deduction of unpaid premium and excess from indemnity; Claim for unpleaded contractual interest rejected.
26 January 2001
Summary dismissal held wrongful; one month’s salary awarded and unpaid overtime/holiday pay ordered, costs on subordinate scale.
  • Employment law — summary dismissal — requirement to prove misconduct and call material witnesses — hearsay disregarded — wrongful dismissal where employer fails to prove misconduct; damages limited to earliest lawful termination (one month’s notice) — entitlement to unpaid overtime and holiday/weekend pay.
16 January 2001
8 January 2001
Provocation is not a defence to grievous harm; conviction upheld on eyewitness, medical and caution statement evidence, sentence reduced to 12 months.
  • Criminal law — Grievous harm — Provocation not a defence (relevant only for mitigation) — Conviction upheld where supported by eyewitness evidence, medical report and unwithdrawn caution statement — Sentence reduced for mitigation (youth, first offender, reciprocal injuries)
1 January 2001
Court confirms convictions but reduces custodial sentences, correcting unlawful default term and ordering concurrent sentences for same‑transaction offences.
  • Criminal law — Sentencing — manifestly excessive sentences; guilty pleas and youth as mitigation; concurrent vs consecutive sentences for same transaction; unlawful default custodial term attached to fine; minor mis‑citation of Penal Code not fatal to conviction
1 January 2001