Lilongwe District Registry- Civil Division - 2023

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9 judgments
December 2023
Regulator acted ultra vires by treating subscription-management provider as a tariff-setting broadcaster; committee hearing was procedurally fair.
  • Communications law — Tariff regulation (s.74(1)) — Distinction between subscription broadcasting and subscription management services — Scope of licence — Ultra vires review — Delegation to committees (s.15) — Procedural fairness of regulatory enforcement hearing.
1 December 2023
July 2023
10 July 2023
Assessment of wrongful-death damages: valuation of loss of expectation of life and dependency with inadequate income evidence.
  • Wrongful death — Assessment of damages — Loss of expectation of life — Loss of dependency — Multiplicand and multiplier method — Use of minimum wage where income evidence lacking — Special damages and costs.
4 July 2023
Applicant’s rush to appellate court was premature; lower court’s decision to hear matter inter partes was within its CPR case-management discretion.
  • Administrative law — judicial review — leave to apply and interim injunction — ex parte v inter partes hearings — case management discretion under CPR — balance of convenience and public interest in stays of administrative decisions.
4 July 2023
June 2023
Assessment of damages for retained surgical pack causing prolonged injury; infertility claim not established by medical evidence.
  • Medical negligence — retained surgical pack after caesarean — prolonged infection and multiple surgeries — assessment of quantum for pain and suffering, loss of amenities and disfigurement — inability to prove infertility without medical evidence — ex parte assessment after strike‑out of defence — reliance on comparable precedents and consideration of currency devaluation.
28 June 2023
March 2023
Assessment of damages for two accident victims: awards for general damages, nominal future loss due to insufficient income proof.
  • Damages — Personal injury; assessment of quantum for pain and suffering, loss of amenities and disfigurement; loss of earnings and earning capacity — proof of pre-accident income and use of multiplicand/multiplier — nominal awards where income evidence lacking.
31 March 2023
February 2023
First offenders convicted of misuse of public office and influence received three-year sentences suspended for two years due to no loss and mitigating factors.
  • Corruption offences — Misuse of public office (section 25B(1)) — Influencing public officer (section 25(2)) — Sentencing: breach of trust, planning, no actual loss, first offenders — Suspension of sentence under sections 339 and 340 Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code.
27 February 2023
January 2023
Application for stay under Order 28 r48 was procedurally incompetent absent an existing enforcement order; applicant given leave to refile.
  • Civil procedure — Stay of execution pending appeal — Order 28 rule 48 requires an existing enforcement order — prerequisites for stay: serious issue, inadequate damages, status quo, relative strength of case — procedural competence.
27 January 2023
Permission to seek judicial review denied where applicant failed to establish an arguable case or show ownership of impounded timber.
  • Administrative law — Judicial review — Leave to apply for judicial review — Applicant must show an arguable case; insufficient, inconsistent documentary evidence; section 42(2)(b) inapplicable where applicant was not arrested.
18 January 2023