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High Court of Malawi Civil Division - 2020 November

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5 judgments
November 2020
M.D. (minor suing through her mother and litigation guardian Eliza Alidi) v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Personal Injury Case 97 of 2020) [2020] MWHCCiv 25 (27 November 2020)
Minor electrocuted by defendant's live wire awarded MK23,000,000 for pain, loss of amenities and disfigurement.
  • Personal injury — Electric burns to minor — Assessment of general damages for pain and suffering, loss of amenities and disfigurement — Weight of medical reports, photographs and court observation — Quantum of award and consideration of comparative authorities.
27 November 2020
Chibuku Products Limited v Prophet Meshiach Desilva t/a Christian Gathering of all Nations-CGOAN (Miscellaneous Cause 96 of 2020) [2020] MWHCCiv 7 (18 November 2020)
18 November 2020
Malisero v ESCOM (Personal Injury Cause 268 of 2019) [2020] MWHCCiv 40 (11 November 2020)
11 November 2020
Phiri v Blantyre Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd (Land Cause 93 of 2011) [2020] MWHCCiv 6 (11 November 2020)
Unlawful governmental seizure prevents acquisition of title by adverse possession; limitation tolled until plaintiff discovered title.
  • Limitation Act s6 & s21 — disability and extension of limitation period; Registered Land Act s134(1) — adverse possession requirements (peaceable, open, uninterrupted); unlawful governmental seizure taints successors and precludes acquisition by prescription.
11 November 2020
Malikebu v Choipa & Another (Personal Injury Cause 393 of 2016) [2020] MWHCCiv 15 (7 November 2020)
7 November 2020