Skip to document content Skip to main menu Skip to search

Lilongwe District Registry - 2026

4 judgments
Advanced search
Skip past Court registries
Skip past years
Skip past months
Filters
Skip to results
4 judgments
March 2026
Madalitso Chika t/a Mortech IT Solutions v Blantyre Water Board (COMMERCIAL CAUSE NUMBER 146 OF 2024) [2026] MWHC 21 (18 March 2026)
Amendment seeking to apply collection-costs rules enacted after proceedings commenced cannot be allowed as retrospective.
  • Civil procedure
    • — Amendment of pleadings — Application of new subsidiary legislation to pending proceedings — Retrospective operation and General Interpretation Act s 14(1)(a)
    • — Costs — Recoverability of statutory collection costs under Legal Education and Legal Practitioners (Remuneration) Rules 2025 — Non-retrospective application where proceedings commenced prior to enactment
18 March 2026
January 2026
Olive Matipwiri (Suing through her Litigation Guardian, George Matipwiri) v Malawian Airlines Limited (Civil Cause 16 of 2022) [2026] MWHC 4 (23 January 2026)
Airline's refusal to carry a disabled child without lawful or reasonable justification amounted to discrimination and violated dignity.
  • Disability discrimination in air carriage; reasonable accommodation and medical clearance; Chicago Convention Annex 9; right to equality and dignity; general (not punitive) damages awarded.
23 January 2026
The State (On Application of Queen Mwangonde) v Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (Judicial Review Cause 18 of 2025) [2026] MWHC 3 (22 January 2026)
Regulator lawfully conducted inquiry and later disciplinary hearing; ad hoc committee and concurrent criminal proceedings were permissible.
  • Administrative law — statutory interpretation of regulatory disciplinary powers — sections 17, 36 and 37 read together; delegation to committees and use of ad hoc panels permissible; distinction between inquiry and disciplinary hearing; concurrent criminal and disciplinary proceedings not per se unreasonable.
22 January 2026
S (On Application of Richard Chimwendo Banda) v Director of Public Prosecutions & The Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (Judicial Review No. 01 of 2026) [2026] MWHC 1 (14 January 2026)
14 January 2026