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Citation
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Judgment date
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| December 2025 |
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The claimant’s late-registered lease was void; earlier registered lease prevails and the trespass claim is dismissed.
Deeds Registration Act – mandatory registration period; late registration renders instrument void – priority of registration under s.8
Trespass – possessory tort; possession ordinarily sufficient but yields to superior registered title. Nemo dat quod non habet – unregistered surrender ineffective; re-grant by minister invalid if prior lease subsists. Res judicata – default judicial review judgment not a merits-based bar; identity of parties and merits required
Limitation – bars affirmative claims but does not preclude defendants relying on historical title defensively
Relief – interlocutory injunction vacated; court-directed survey to demarcate customary land boundaries
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30 December 2025 |
| November 2025 |
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Post-declaration election petitions proceed under Section 101; technical defects in verification are curable and not necessarily fatal.
Election law – Procedure – Distinction between Sections 100 and 101 PPLGEA – Post-declaration petitions proceed under Section 101 – Verifying sworn statements and exhibits – Procedural defects curable under CPR, 2017 – Judicial review not mandatory for factual election disputes.
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7 November 2025 |
| October 2025 |
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A raped minor’s denial of abortion breached reproductive rights; law and guidelines require considering mental-health grounds for termination.
Gender Equality Act – right to sexual and reproductive health; Penal Code s243 – preservation of life includes mental health; vicarious liability of employer; duty to impart information; Minister’s duty to provide clear clinical guidance; Human Rights Commission enforcement obligations; access to lawful abortion for minors impregnated by sexual violence.
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28 October 2025 |
| September 2025 |
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Leave for judicial review dismissed for deficient drafting, but applicant granted liberty to refile with notice to respondent.
Judicial review — leave to apply — procedural and drafting deficiencies (typos, wrong citations, unclear arguments) — Order 19 CPR — dismissal with liberty to refile — notice to respondent.
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22 September 2025 |
| June 2025 |
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Court declared multiple constitutional breaches in a detained child’s treatment and ordered declarations, mandamus, compensation and costs.
Constitutional and child-protection law – detention of children – torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment – right to be informed of rights on arrest – prompt notification of parent/guardian – separation from adult offenders – right to nutrition – entitlement to compensation and mandamus relief.
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19 June 2025 |
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An unwarned shot by a police officer killed an innocent bystander; the police service held vicariously liable, revenue authority not liable.
Police law – use of firearms – duty to give warning, proportionality, and duty to render medical assistance; vicarious liability of police service; revenue authority not vicariously liable; admissibility and limited weight of hearsay in postmortem remarks.
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19 June 2025 |
| May 2025 |
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Court exercised inherent jurisdiction to release a deteriorating vehicle from custody, imposing conditions to protect the applicant's claim.
Civil procedure — Inherent jurisdiction — Release of property in Court custody to prevent deterioration — Interim protective conditions to safeguard parties' substantive rights.
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28 May 2025 |
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The respondent's application for leave to appeal was denied because the High Court's review judgment remained inchoate pending assessment of terminal dues.
Administrative law — Appeals — Leave required for appeals from High Court judgments given on review under s123(2) of the Constitution and s21 of the Supreme Court of Appeal Act; inchoate judgments pending Registrar’s assessment; Ombudsman jurisdiction — anonymous complaints and locus standi; interpretation of constitutional provisions and binding precedent.
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22 May 2025 |
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An expired, unrenewed summons served outside the three‑month period is ineffectual and justified striking out the claim.
Civil procedure — validity and service of summons — Order 7 rule 25 (3‑month rule) — Irregularity and cure — Order 2 rules — renewal of summons — strike out — notice of change of legal practitioners not served — interlocutory application falls away.
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9 May 2025 |
| April 2025 |
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The High Court has no jurisdiction to enlarge the statutory 30‑day appeal period from the Industrial Relations Court.
Labour law — Appeals from Industrial Relations Court — Section 65(2) Labour Relations Act — thirty-day statutory appeal period — High Court lacks power to enlarge time — IRC (Procedure) Rules inapplicable in High Court.
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1 April 2025 |
| March 2025 |
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Oral preliminary objections are procedurally improper; such issues must be raised by formal application supported by affidavit.
Civil procedure — preliminary issues — must be raised by formal application supported by affidavit and skeleton arguments — oral preliminary objections improper — viva voce evidence from counsel inappropriate — improperly raised issue struck out with liberty to refile.
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25 March 2025 |
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Registrar’s total non-response to information requests on political party funding was unlawful and required written explanation; fee non-payment alone did not justify silence.
Access to information – political party funding – duty of Registrar to respond – constitutional right of access (s.37) – Political Parties Act s.36 – subsidiary fees and competence of requests – absence of regulations – judicial review of administrative non-response.
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12 March 2025 |
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High Court affirms unfair dismissal but reduces an IRC award, restricting boosting and interest in labour compensation.
Employment law – conversion of fixed-term to indefinite contract – unfair dismissal under sections 28 and 57 of the Employment Act; Labour compensation – judicial discretion under section 63(4) – limits on boosting, inflation adjustments and interest in labour awards; Civil procedure – compliance with pleadings and effect of failure to amend.
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12 March 2025 |
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Leave for judicial review of a Law Society disciplinary process was discharged as premature; disciplinary self-regulation aligns with procedural-fairness rights.
Administrative law – judicial review – permission to commence – prematurity of review before disciplinary hearing; Legal profession – self-regulation and disciplinary jurisdiction; Constitutional law – section 43 right to procedurally fair administrative action; Professional ethics – personal conduct on social media as conduct bringing profession into discredit.
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11 March 2025 |
| January 2025 |
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The Ombudsman lacked jurisdiction to investigate an anonymous complaint; resulting employment nullifications were set aside and benefits ordered.
Ombudsman jurisdiction — section 123(1) Constitution — anonymous complaints — requirement that a person who has suffered injustice lay complaint; judicial review of Ombudsman determinations; nullity of unlawful directives; compliance by public authority; reinstatement and terminal benefits; costs each party.
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31 January 2025 |
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Claim dismissed with costs for failure to comply with trial directions and an incompetent adjournment request.
Adjournment applications — competence and supporting evidence; failure to comply with trial directions; failure to prosecute; court’s discretion to grant adjournments; dismissal with costs.
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29 January 2025 |
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12 January 2025 |