High Court of Malawi - 2004 July

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5 judgments
July 2004
Where a consent order is silent on default, execution is limited to the instalment in default; full-judgment execution is irregular.
  • Execution — Seizure — writ of fieri facias — instalment orders — Section 7 Sheriff's Act — irregular execution for whole judgment where only one instalment defaulted — reimbursement of sheriff's fees — costs to defendant.
29 July 2004
A consent judgment can only be challenged by a fresh action; filing an originating motion within the same cause was improper.
  • Civil procedure — Consent judgment finality — Setting aside consent judgment requires a fresh action — Distinction between originating process commencing an action and a motion within an existing cause — Importance of correct party designation and new cause number.
21 July 2004
Termination held unlawful for failure to disclose reasons; repatriation awarded; rental claim unproven.
  • Employment law — unfair dismissal — employer must disclose reasons for termination; fair administrative action and right to be informed; proof required for contractual/benefit claims (rental allowance); repatriation allowance — established practice can create entitlement; set-off of amounts already paid.
20 July 2004
Interlocutory injunction obtained without originating process and omitted material facts; court ordered the applicant to commence substantive proceedings within 30 days.
  • Civil procedure — interlocutory injunction — irregular grant where no originating process filed — alleged suppression of material facts — matrimonial property disputes — requirement to commence substantive proceedings.
19 July 2004
Decree nisi granted for divorce on cruelty after uncontradicted evidence of assault, including beating while pregnant.
  • Family law — Divorce — Cruelty — Bodily injury to spouse (beating while pregnant) — Uncontradicted evidence and medical report sufficient to ground decree nisi — Custody and maintenance reserved for Chambers — Costs awarded to petitioner
11 July 2004