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3 judgments
January 2001
Khan v Prime Insurance Company Limited (Civil Cause 2447 of 1998) [2001] MWHC 129 (26 January 2001)
Insurer liable where no material misrepresentation and policy effective despite unpaid premium; unpaid premium and excess deducted from indemnity.
  • Insurance law — misrepresentation and non-disclosure — proposal form — effect of insured’s lack of knowledge of importation values; Insurance law — non-payment of premium — insurer’s conduct in issuing policy treated as waiver; Deduction of unpaid premium and excess from indemnity; Claim for unpleaded contractual interest rejected.
26 January 2001
Chimbayo v Import and Export Malawi LTD (Civil Cause 1635 of 1997) [2001] MWHC 105 (16 January 2001)
Summary dismissal held wrongful; one month’s salary awarded and unpaid overtime/holiday pay ordered, costs on subordinate scale.
  • Employment law — summary dismissal — requirement to prove misconduct and call material witnesses — hearsay disregarded — wrongful dismissal where employer fails to prove misconduct; damages limited to earliest lawful termination (one month’s notice) — entitlement to unpaid overtime and holiday/weekend pay.
16 January 2001
Banda and 1 other v Packaging Industries Malawi Limited (Civil Cause 1750 of 1997) [2001] MWHC 128 (8 January 2001)
8 January 2001