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Citation	Judgment date
June 2017
Tekwatekwa v Butao (Civil Appeal 50 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 966 (1 June 2017)	1 June 2017
May 2017
Mulipa v Bibiyani and others (Land Cause 105 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 908 (22 May 2017)	22 May 2017
Aspirant Plastics Converters Limited v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Civil Cause 133 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 914 (11 May 2017)	11 May 2017
Kameko v Starplex Industries Limited (Personal Injury Cause 305 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 913 (4 May 2017)	4 May 2017
April 2017
Mortimer and 5 others v Paseli (Land Cause 55 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 906 (28 April 2017)	28 April 2017
Chiwanda v Missi and 1 other (Civil Cause 92 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 927 (27 April 2017)	27 April 2017
Mayaka v NICO General Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 882 of 2012) [2017] MWHC 916 (27 April 2017)	27 April 2017
Sabeta v Lundu and 1 other (Miscellaneous Cause 53 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 920 (26 April 2017)	26 April 2017
Yasini v Yasini (Miscellaneous Land Cause 53 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 907 (26 April 2017)	26 April 2017
State v Director of Anti- Corruption Bureau Exparte Globe Electronics Limited and Another (Judicial Review Cause 3 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 911 (24 April 2017) Court quashed the respondent’s prosecution decision and granted permanent stay for lack of evidence and procedural irregularity. Judicial review — prosecutorial discretion — leave to apply for judicial review — per incuriam/estoppel/suppression — Wednesbury unreasonableness — abuse of process — Corrupt Practices Act and Criminal Procedure & Evidence Code procedural compliance — permanent stay of prosecution and certiorari.	24 April 2017
Chisale v Countrywide Car Hire Limited (Civil Cause 181 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 921 (21 April 2017)	21 April 2017
Republic v Mawondo (Homicide Sentence Re-Hearing Cause 34 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 929 (21 April 2017)	21 April 2017
State v Parks and wildlife officer in charge of Lengwe National Park and 1 other (Judicial Review Cause 55 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 932 (21 April 2017)	21 April 2017
Kamanga v Fleetwood Kaiya T/A Tamarh Consults (Civil Cause 225 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 935 (20 April 2017)	20 April 2017
Mnyema v Indefund Limited (Land Cause 25 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 919 (20 April 2017)	20 April 2017
Nampinga and 1 other v Kaduya and 1 other (Civil Cause 247 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 918 (19 April 2017)	19 April 2017
State v Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (Judicial Review Cause 90 of 2023) [2017] MWHC 934 (13 April 2017)	13 April 2017
State v Semu and 2 others (Judicial Review Case 15 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 930 (13 April 2017)	13 April 2017
Kambewa v Prime Insurance Company (Personal Injury Cause 662 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 924 (11 April 2017)	11 April 2017
Katsonya v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (Civil Cause 385 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 922 (11 April 2017)	11 April 2017
State v Deputy Sheriff of Malawi (Judicial Review Case 20 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 933 (11 April 2017)	11 April 2017
Suleman v Suleman (Civil Cause 290 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 928 (5 April 2017)	5 April 2017
Jumbe and 1 other v Republic (Criminal Appeal 3 of 2017) [2017] MWHC 926 (4 April 2017)	4 April 2017
Khoromana v Khoromana and 1 other (Civil Cause 172 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 917 (2 April 2017)	2 April 2017
March 2017
Mwasi and Others v Malawi Revenue Authourity (Civil Appeal 13 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 904 (27 March 2017) Application to suspend enforcement dismissed for being improperly brought under Order 28 r.48 absent enforcement proceedings. Civil procedure — Stay/suspension of enforcement — Order 28 r.48 CPR — enforcement order required before suspension application — threshold competence — procedural dismissal.	27 March 2017
January 2017
Mhango v NICO General Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 703 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 948 (31 January 2017)	31 January 2017
Ritchman V Kamanga and 1 other (Personal Injury 468 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 947 (31 January 2017)	31 January 2017
White v National Bank of Malawi (Civil Case 215 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 956 (27 January 2017)	27 January 2017
Republic v Mvula and 1 other (Homicide Criminal Case 2 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 957 (25 January 2017)	25 January 2017
Chilumbu v Chaponda (Civil Cause 401 of 1999) [2017] MWHC 936 (24 January 2017)	24 January 2017
Mazingo v Prime Insurance Company (Personal Injury Cause 766 of 2011) [2017] MWHC 954 (19 January 2017)	19 January 2017
Chibuku Products Limited v Chinkhandwe (Civil Appeal 5 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 942 (18 January 2017)	18 January 2017
State v Officer in charge of Fiscal police and 1 other (Judicial Review Case 80 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 959 (18 January 2017)	18 January 2017
Ashani and 1 other v Maoni Building and Civil Enginering Contractors (Civil Cause 488 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 952 (17 January 2017)	17 January 2017
Council of the University of Malawi v Banda and others (Civil Cause 616 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 945 (13 January 2017)	13 January 2017
Muyaya v Republic (Criminal Appeal Case 33 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 941 (13 January 2017)	13 January 2017
Mande v Charter Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 329 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 944 (11 January 2017)	11 January 2017
Pemba v RAB Processors Limited (Civil Cause 30 of 2012) [2017] MWHC 946 (11 January 2017)	11 January 2017
Gwanda v State (Constitutional Case 5 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 953 (10 January 2017) Section 184(1)(c) is unconstitutionally vague and permits arbitrary, discriminatory arrests, violating multiple fundamental rights. Constitutional law — Criminal law — Vagrancy offence (s.184(1)(c) Penal Code) — Vagueness and arbitrariness — Presumption of innocence and due process — Limitation clause (s.44) — Remedy: declaration of invalidity; legislative and executive measures.	10 January 2017
Karim v ECO Bank Malawi Limited (Civil Cause 312 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 951 (10 January 2017)	10 January 2017
Mwala v Lipaya (Civil Appeal 20 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 938 (10 January 2017)	10 January 2017
Celcom Limited v Huwa and others (Civil Appeal 8 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 939 (9 January 2017)	9 January 2017
Chimbanga v Republic (Criminal Case 3 of 2016) [2017] MWHC 943 (6 January 2017)	6 January 2017
Lihoma v Anchors Industries Soap Division Limited (Personal Injury Cause 254 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 960 (6 January 2017)	6 January 2017
Msusa v Orascon Continental (Civil Cause 879 of 2012) [2017] MWHC 949 (6 January 2017)	6 January 2017
Nanthambwe v Bunda College of Agriculture (Civil Appeal 4 of 2014) [2017] MWHC 940 (6 January 2017)	6 January 2017
Seyani v The Council for national herbarium and botanical gardens of Malawi (Civil Cause 377 of 2013) [2017] MWHC 955 (6 January 2017)	6 January 2017
Gomani v Gomani and 1 other (Civil Cause 436 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 961 (4 January 2017)	4 January 2017
Malawi Bureau of Standards and 1 other v Polypack Limited and 1 other (Judicial Review 67 of 2015) [2017] MWHC 958 (4 January 2017)	4 January 2017
December 2016
Mabedi v NBS Bank Limited (Land Cause 124 of 2016) [2016] MWHC 741 (12 December 2016) Whether a bank validly exercised its power of sale and whether interim injunction and inhibition should be maintained pending trial. Registered Land Act — exercise of power of sale — good faith and compliance with statutory requirements; interlocutory injunction and inhibition — adequacy of damages; pre-transfer remedies; balance of convenience; alleged contempt for breaching interim orders.	12 December 2016

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