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29 judgments
April 2017
Mortimer and 5 others v Paseli (Land Cause 55 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 906 (28 April 2017)
28 April 2017
Mortimer & Ors. v Paseli (Land Cause 55 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 144 (28 April 2017)
Taxation need not await appeal, but failure to file the required taxation bundle mandates a stay until compliance.
  • Civil procedure — Taxation of costs — Effect of notice of appeal on taxation — Order 62 r8(4) discretion — Requirement to file taxation bundle — Order 62 r29(7) — Non‑compliance justifying stay.
28 April 2017
Chiwanda v Missi and 1 other (Civil Cause 92 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 927 (27 April 2017)
27 April 2017
Mayaka v NICO General Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 882 of 2012) [2017] MWHC 916 (27 April 2017)
27 April 2017
Osman v National Bank of Malawi (Commercial Cause 314 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 925 (26 April 2017)
26 April 2017
Sabeta v Lundu and 1 other (Miscellaneous Cause 53 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 920 (26 April 2017)
26 April 2017
Yasini v Yasini (Miscellaneous Land Cause 53 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 907 (26 April 2017)
26 April 2017
State v Director of Anti- Corruption Bureau Exparte Globe Electronics Limited and Another (Judicial Review Cause 3 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 911 (24 April 2017)
Court quashed the respondent’s prosecution decision and granted permanent stay for lack of evidence and procedural irregularity.
  • Judicial review — prosecutorial discretion — leave to apply for judicial review — per incuriam/estoppel/suppression — Wednesbury unreasonableness — abuse of process — Corrupt Practices Act and Criminal Procedure & Evidence Code procedural compliance — permanent stay of prosecution and certiorari.
24 April 2017
State v Mtambo and 3 others (Criminal Appeal Case 16 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 931 (24 April 2017)
24 April 2017
Chisale v Countrywide Car Hire Limited (Civil Cause 181 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 921 (21 April 2017)
21 April 2017
Republic v Mawondo (Homicide Sentence Re-Hearing Cause 34 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 929 (21 April 2017)
21 April 2017
State v Parks and wildlife officer in charge of Lengwe National Park and 1 other (Judicial Review Cause 55 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 932 (21 April 2017)
21 April 2017
S v Lilongwe Water Board and Others ; Ex Parte: Malawi Law Society (Judicial Review 16 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 135 (21 April 2017)
Whether the applicant may challenge project implementation without an EIA and secure state-held project documents under the right to information.
  • Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Leave to apply for judicial review; standing and arguable case
  • Environmental Law — Environmental Impact Assessment — Requirement to conduct EIA and obtain approval before implementation — Environment Management Act s24; Specified Projects Notice (1998)
  • Constitutional Law — Right of Access to Information — State-held documents — Constitution s37 — Disclosure ordered
21 April 2017
Kamanga v Fleetwood Kaiya T/A Tamarh Consults (Civil Cause 225 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 935 (20 April 2017)
20 April 2017
Mnyema v Indefund Limited (Land Cause 25 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 919 (20 April 2017)
20 April 2017
R v Itimu (Criminal Case 8 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 854 (20 April 2017)
20 April 2017
Nampinga and 1 other v Kaduya and 1 other (Civil Cause 247 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 918 (19 April 2017)
19 April 2017
Nkanda & Anor. v Kaduya & Anor. (Civil Cause 247 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 105 (19 April 2017)
Interlocutory injunction preserving GVH throne upheld; defendants’ application to vacate dismissed with costs.
  • Interlocutory injunctions — American Cyanamid principles — good and arguable claim threshold — preservation of status quo — alleged suppression of material facts in ex parte applications — customary procedures in chieftaincy removals.
19 April 2017
State v Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (Judicial Review Cause 90 of 2023) [2017] MWHC 934 (13 April 2017)
13 April 2017
State v Semu and 2 others (Judicial Review Case 15 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 930 (13 April 2017)
13 April 2017
Kambewa v Prime Insurance Company (Personal Injury Cause 662 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 924 (11 April 2017)
11 April 2017
Katsonya v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (Civil Cause 385 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 922 (11 April 2017)
11 April 2017
State v Deputy Sheriff of Malawi (Judicial Review Case 20 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 933 (11 April 2017)
11 April 2017
Chiphiko v Chiphiko (Matrimonial Cause 97 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 885 (10 April 2017)
Divorce granted on the petitioner’s uncontroverted allegation of the respondent’s adultery; respondent absent and no children or property.
  • Divorce — Adultery as ground for dissolution — Effect of respondent’s default/absence where service acknowledged — No children or matrimonial property to adjudicate.
10 April 2017
Danken & Anor. v Maganga & Anor. (Civil Appeal 3 of 2018) [2017] MWHC 675 (9 April 2017)
An appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution where the appellant filed a notice but took no further steps to prosecute it.
  • Civil procedure — Appeal — Notice of appeal alone insufficient — Want of prosecution — Dismissal of appeal hearing for failure to take required procedural steps.
9 April 2017
Suleman v Suleman (Civil Cause 290 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 928 (5 April 2017)
5 April 2017
Jumbe and 1 other v Republic (Criminal Appeal 3 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 926 (4 April 2017)
4 April 2017
Mwalilino v S (Criminal Appeal 3 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 71 (3 April 2017)
Appellate court upheld conviction and concurrent sentences based on recent possession and an unreasonable explanation.
  • Criminal law — burglary and armed robbery — doctrine of recent possession — possession of stolen property shortly after theft — burden and standard of proof — appellate restraint on sentence interference; concurrent sentences.
3 April 2017
Khoromana v Khoromana and 1 other (Civil Cause 172 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 917 (2 April 2017)
2 April 2017