Blantyre Principal Registry - 2026

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26 judgments
May 2026
Sale of matrimonial property set aside for procedural impropriety in valuation and sale; former counsel summoned to show cause.
  • Family Law — Property Distribution — Setting aside ex parte sale order for matrimonial property due to procedural impropriety and lack of transparent valuation procurement
  • Administrative Law — Natural Justice and Public Procurement — Duty to ensure transparency, paper‑trail and avoidance of appearance of bias when a public office appoints a service provider
  • Legal Ethics — Duty of Legal Practitioner — Failure to communicate with client and potential breach of officer‑of‑court obligations (show‑cause proceedings)
19 May 2026
High Court discharged judicial review leave because the dispute is predominantly a private employment matter for the Industrial Relations Court.
  • Administrative law — Judicial review — Public vs private law — Dominant‑factor test for employment suspensions
  • Labour law — Jurisdiction — Industrial Relations Court as specialised forum — Alternative and effective remedy bars High Court judicial review
19 May 2026
18 May 2026
15 May 2026
Claimant proved malicious prosecution and false imprisonment instigated by the defendant, but defamation and special damages failed.
  • Tort — Malicious prosecution — Instigation by private party to police; elements: prosecution by defendant, termination in favour, absence of reasonable and probable cause, malice
15 May 2026
15 May 2026
15 May 2026
15 May 2026
13 May 2026
13 May 2026
13 May 2026
11 May 2026
IRC may determine statutory discrimination claims; discrimination found and compensation to be recalculated without arbitrary boost.
  • Employment law — Workplace discrimination — Recruitment and prospective employees — Employer liability under Employment Act ss 5–7 for discriminatory referral and restoration remedies
  • Civil procedure — Jurisdiction — Industrial Relations Court jurisdiction over statutory discrimination claims but not torts (defamation, breach, inducement) — Employment Act ss 3,7
  • Remedies — Assessment of compensation — Currency denomination and boosting — Dollarization and reassessment ordered; arbitrary percentage boosts set aside
8 May 2026
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February 2026
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