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January 2025
S (on the application of City Plastics Industry) & 10 Others v Minister of Natural Resources & Climate Change & The Attorney General (Judicial Review Cause 48 of 2024) [2025] MWHC 3 (31 January 2025)
Ex parte permission for judicial review discharged for abuse of process and suppression of prior related proceedings.
Administrative law — Judicial review — Ex parte permission — Duty of frank and full disclosure — Suppression of prior related proceedings — Abuse of court process via multiplicity of actions — Discharge of permission and interlocutory injunction — Discretionary extension of time (functus officio).
 31 January 2025
Kaipa v Chinzenga (Matrimonial Review Cause No. 2 of 2025 (Being Civil Cause No. 682 of 2025)) [2025] MWHC 2 (22 January 2025)
High Court reviewed and set aside subordinate custody order, awarding primary custody to the breastfeeding mother and ordering medical and social assessments.
Family law – Custody – Best interests of the child – Infant breastfeeding as paramount consideration – High Court supervisory review under Section 26 Courts Act – Quashing subordinate court custody order – Orders for medical and social welfare assessments.
 22 January 2025
Magona v The Legal Education & Legal Practitioners (48 of 2024) [2025] MWHC 1 (22 January 2025)
Registrar rejects application for review due to improper signature, procedural non-compliance, and wrong forum for admissions.
Civil procedure — rejection of documents; signature by named legal practitioner required; notice of change of legal practitioner (Order 33); sworn statement formalities (Order 18); jurisdiction for admissions — Chief Justice; abuse of court process; Rules Orders 5, 18, 25.
 22 January 2025