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March 2021
Ngwenyama and Ngwenyama ( Joint administrators on their own behalf and on behalf of the dependents of the estate of Gift Ngwenyama) v Mkhaya and Reunion Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 255 of 2020) [2021] MWHCCiv 21 (19 March 2021)
Claim dismissed as statute-barred; lack of letters of administration is not a disability extending the limitation period.
  • Limitation of actions — negligence claims — three-year limitation under Limitation Act — disability exception does not include lack of letters of administration; Road Traffic Act s148 inapplicable where insurer sued jointly with insured; procedural rule citation imprecision not fatal if not misleading.
19 March 2021
State v Inspector General of Police and 2 Others Exparte M.M and 18 Others (Judicial Review Cause 7 of 2020) [2021] MWHCCiv 29 (9 March 2021)
Failure of the police to investigate and prosecute sexual violence by officers violated rights to dignity, equality and freedom from torture; compensation awarded.
  • Constitutional law — State liability for human-rights violations — Police failure to investigate sexual violence — Breaches of dignity, equality and freedom from torture — Compensation under section 46(4).
9 March 2021