High Court of Malawi Revenue Division - 2022

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5 judgments
July 2022
Where no statutory appeal exists from a special referee, judicial review is the appropriate remedy.
  • Customs and Excise Act s121 — Special Referee determinations — no implied appeal where statute silent — judicial review is the correct remedy — strict interpretation of tax statutes — refusal to convert appeal into judicial review; costs awarded.
28 July 2022
Cancellation of an industrial rebate without a hearing breached the constitutional right to fair administrative action.
  • Administrative law — Right to lawful and procedurally fair administrative action (s43 Constitution) — Legitimate expectation to be heard before withdrawal of benefits — Customs and Excise Regulations (Reg 116, Para 13) — Investigations do not substitute for administrative hearing — Certiorari to quash unlawful cancellation.
28 July 2022
June 2022
An application to amend a Notice of Appeal to add particulars of alleged misdirection was dismissed for violating conciseness rules.
  • Civil procedure — Amendment of Notice of Appeal — Order 111 rule 2(2) and rule 2(3) — Particulars of alleged misdirection or error in law — Requirement that grounds of appeal be concise and non‑argumentative — Discretion to refuse amendment.
15 June 2022
Whether refusing the applicant a duty-free disposal of a vehicle violated constitutional protection of judicial benefits and equality.
  • Constitutional law — protection of judicial remuneration and benefits (s114) — administrative law — legitimate expectation and Wednesbury unreasonableness — statutory interpretation (expressio unius; absurdity canon) — tax law — limits on levying revenue (s171) — Customs and Excise Act s121(1) jurisdictional scope.
7 June 2022
May 2022
Claimant’s failure to exhaust available remedies bars judicial review of a tax demand lacking a separate pre-action hearing.
  • Tax law — pay-now-argue-later (section 105 Taxation Act) — pre-action hearing and administrative fairness (section 43 Constitution) — exhaustion of alternative remedies — permission for judicial review.
6 May 2022