Lilongwe District Registry - 2022

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3 judgments
November 2022
A counsel-sworn affidavit containing facts and legal opinion was improper; the applicant's extension for judicial review was refused.
  • Civil procedure — Affidavits by counsel — Counsel as deponent and potential witness; risk of cross-examination and conflict — Affidavits should not contain primary factual assertions, personal legal opinions or argument — Judicial review — extension of time.
7 November 2022
May 2022
27 May 2022
January 2022
Decree nisi granted for divorce on cruelty; adultery not proved and statutory compensation unavailable.
  • Family law — applicable statute for pre‑2015 marriages — MDFRA Part LX only; jurisdiction — domicile of choice; divorce — cruelty standard, condonation and collusion; adultery — insufficiency of suspicion and unauthenticated evidence; compensation not available under Divorce Act.
10 January 2022