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September 2021
Cosmas and Tsamwa v Opportunity Bank of Malawi (Civil Cause 438 of 2015) [2021] MWSC 14 (6 September 2021)
Claimants succeed on false imprisonment and costs; malicious prosecution fails for reasonable cause; loss of earnings referred to industrial court.
  • False imprisonment — defendant’s agent handed claimants to police — liability; Malicious prosecution — requirement of absence of reasonable and probable cause and malice; CCTV and investigative evidence as basis for reasonable cause; Referral of loss of earnings/unfair dismissal claims to Industrial Relations Court; Costs awarded where defendant failed to challenge uncontested evidence.
6 September 2021