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3 judgments
September 2013
Namiti Mtsuko v Isaac Jere (Civil Appeal 8 of 2011) [2013] MWHC 498 (15 September 2013)
An appellant cannot dispossess longstanding customary occupiers; long use of customary land confers protected rights.
  • Customary land — rights of use not alienable title — long uninterrupted occupation confers protectable rights; access to courts not ousted by chiefs’ processes; procedural irregularity (delay and improper fees) criticized but insufficient to overturn substantive decision
15 September 2013
Lobi v Kagwela (Land Cause 213 of 2022) [2013] MWHC 492 (1 September 2013)
High Court dismissed a customary land claim as prematurely commenced; statutory land tribunals under the Customary Land Act must first adjudicate.
  • Customary land disputes — jurisdiction — Customary Land Act 2016 Part VII — requirement to institute customary land tribunals and district land tribunals; non-establishment and undue delay; judicial duty to give effect to statute; High Court not competent at first instance for matters assigned to statutory tribunals; precedential weight of Polypet Packaging Industries v. OG Plastic Industries; Kennes Msuku obiter dicta per incuriam
1 September 2013
August 2013
Mpotandevu v R (Criminal Appeal 185 of 2012) [2013] MWHC 491 (8 August 2013)
Court quashed robbery and unlawful wounding convictions where evidence was insufficient and a plea of guilty was improperly accepted.
  • Criminal law — sufficiency of evidence for robbery conviction — duplication of convictions; Criminal procedure — plea of guilty — admissibility and weight of caution/denial statements (Rep v Chikakuda) — requirement to treat qualified admissions as not guilty pleas.
8 August 2013