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November 2008
Nigrisoli & Anor. v Illomba Granite Company Ltd & Ors. (Civil Cause 1111 of 2005) [2008] MWSC 194 (3 November 2008)
Court held parties agreed only to grant use of the mining licence, not its transfer; plaintiffs' claim dismissed, counterclaim granted.
Mines and Minerals — mining licence: 'use' v transfer; contract interpretation — objective approach and surrounding background; agency — licence-holder may use agents (s.43); royalties — contractual obligation and counterclaim; plaintiffs failed to prove breach or loss.
3 November 2008
July 2008
Donnex & Ors. v R (75 of 2008) [2008] MWSC 210 (13 July 2008)
An 18‑month custodial sentence for illegal charcoal burning was excessive; fines substituted for first offenders.
Forestry Act s64(
A) – sentencing for illegal charcoal burning – omission to assess damage value – consideration of first offender status – custodial sentence manifestly excessive – substitution with fine
13 July 2008
May 2008
In Re: Adoption of Children Act (Cap.26:01); In Re: David Banda (Adoption Cause 2 of 2006) [2008] MWSC 243 (27 May 2008)
Residence requirement is not an absolute bar; inter‑country adoption allowed where child’s best interests and safeguards are satisfied.
Adoption law – inter‑country adoption – interpretation of statutory residence requirement – best interests of the child paramount – CRC and African Charter influence domestic statutory construction – informed consent – inter‑country adoption as last resort with safeguards
27 May 2008
In Re: Adoption of Children Act (Cap.26:01); In Re: David Banda (Adoption Cause 2 of 2006) [2008] MWSC 3 (27 May 2008)
Whether non‑residence bars adoption or whether the child's best interests permit inter‑country adoption as a last resort.
Adoption law – inter‑country adoption – residence requirement in statute not absolute – interpret statute to uphold child's best interests and conform with CRC and African Charter – informed consent and welfare reports decisive
27 May 2008
April 2008
Thomson v C.G.U. Insurance Limited (MSCA Civil Appeal 17 of 2008) [2008] MWSC 244 (15 April 2008)
A stay will be refused unless the applicant proves the judgment debt would be irrecoverable; purchaser liable after sale.
Stay of execution — test for grant: good reason required; applicant must show judgment debt would be irrecoverable — courts avoid depriving successful litigant — sale as going concern transfers assets and liabilities — purchaser liable for judgment debt — refusal to stay pending appeal.
15 April 2008
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