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November 2022
Banda v Blantyre Baptist Holdings Limited (Land Cause 121 of 2016) [2022] MWHC 245 (30 November 2022)
Court granted injunctions, demolition and damages where defendant’s predecessor unlawfully encroached public road and claimant’s land.
  • Property law — Encroachment on road reserve and adjoining private land — locus standi to sue where private injury shown — public land not susceptible to acquisition by prescription — mandatory and prohibitory injunctions and damages awarded.
30 November 2022
September 2022
Likongwe v Nutricom Food and Beverages Limited (Personal Injury Cause 569 of 2021) [2022] MWHC 243 (19 September 2022)
High Court stayed its proceedings where concurrent subordinate-court action remained unresolved because costs were not agreed, assessed or paid.
  • Civil procedure — abuse of court process — concurrent proceedings in different courts — withdrawal of subordinate-court action does not conclude proceedings until costs are agreed/assessed/paid — High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to stay proceedings.
19 September 2022
April 2022
Chilamba and 5 Others v Mfera and 3 Others (Civil Cause 21 of 2022) [2022] MWHC 246 (21 April 2022)
Documents filed by the respondents' unlicensed counsel were declared nullities and the applicant’s provisional injunction was set aside.
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21 April 2022