High Court of Malawi - 2020 December

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8 judgments
December 2020
Interlocutory injunction dismissed due to material non-disclosure and misrepresentation by the claimant.
  • Civil procedure — interlocutory injunction — Order 10 r.27 CPR — three-part test (serious question to be tried; inadequacy of damages; where justice lies) — duty of full and frank disclosure — material non-disclosure fatal to injunction — adverse possession and public land.
23 December 2020
Interlocutory injunction refused where competing title claims and factual disputes made interlocutory relief inappropriate.
  • Interlocutory injunctions — Order 10 r.27 CPR — serious question to be tried — adequacy of damages in land disputes — balance of convenience — competing title deeds — cautions against deciding factual title conflicts on affidavit.
22 December 2020
Interlocutory injunction refused where disputed ownership and longstanding cultivation justified maintaining the status quo.
  • Civil procedure — Interlocutory injunctions — Requirements: serious question to be tried; damages inadequate for land; balance of convenience/status quo — Effect of longstanding occupation and cultivation.
22 December 2020
Interlocutory injunction maintained to preserve status quo over disputed land pending trial due to serious issue and inadequate damages.
  • Interlocutory injunction — serious question to be tried — adequacy of damages for real property — balance of convenience — sale procured by duress/fraud — nemo dat quod non habet (cannot sell what one does not own) — maintenance of status quo; restraint on encroachment, sale and disposal of disputed land.
21 December 2020
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18 December 2020
7 December 2020
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