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Civil-procedure [2025] LSCA 66

Morena Mariti V ABSA Bank Limited & 3 Others (C of A (CIV) No.47/2025)

Morena Mariti V ABSA Bank Limited & 3 Others (C of A (CIV) No.47/2025) [2025] LSCA 66 (7 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal upheld an urgent order placing a disputed vehicle in police custody pending appeal, holding that ABSA showed prima facie ownership and risk of dissipation.

  • Urgent-applications
  • Interim-custody-of-disputed-property
  • Ownership-and-possession
  • Rei-vindicatio
  • Spoliation
  • Suspension-of-execution-pending-appeal
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Civil-procedure [2025] LSCA 21

Nyefolo Alotsi & Ano V Lesotho National Development Corporation & Ano. (C of A (CIV) 53/2024)

Nyefolo Alotsi & Ano V Lesotho National Development Corporation & Ano. (C of A (CIV) 53/2024) [2025] LSCA 21 (2 May 2025)

Court of Appeal dismissed leave to appeal in a spoliation matter, holding the deregistered company lacked standing and the standing issue was not properly appealed.

  • Spoliation
  • Locus-standi
  • Jurisdiction
  • Deregistration-of-companies
  • Leave-to-appeal
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Property-law [2025] LSHC 87

Thabiso Tsehla & Ano. V Rethabile Jonathan (CCT/0568/2021)

Thabiso Tsehla & Ano. V Rethabile Jonathan (CCT/0568/2021) [2025] LSHC 87 (10 April 2025)

The High Court of Lesotho held that a land sale by one spouse was enforceable despite lack of the other spouse’s consent, and ordered transfer of the site.

  • Alienation-of-joint-estate-property
  • Spousal-consent
  • Specific-performance
  • Validity-of-contract-without-spousal-consent
  • Adjustment-upon-division-of-joint-estate
  • Joint-estate-property
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Family-law [2024] LSHC 74

Libuseng Seokho V Sepinare Seokho & 7 Others (CIV/APN/0311/2023)

Libuseng Seokho V Sepinare Seokho & 7 Others (CIV/APN/0311/2023) [2024] LSHC 74 (14 November 2024)

The High Court of Lesotho held that a deceased spouse could not unilaterally dispose of joint-estate property by will without the other spouse’s consent.

  • Community-of-property
  • Wills-and-testaments
  • Intestate-succession
  • Spousal-rights
  • Administration-of-estates
  • Joint-estate
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Administrative-law [2024] LSCA 40

Mahola Matlosa V Khabele Matlosa & 3 Others (C of A (CIV) No 83/2023)

Mahola Matlosa V Khabele Matlosa & 3 Others (C of A (CIV) No 83/2023) [2024] LSCA 40 (1 November 2024)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against dismissal of a review challenging a lease registered in the respondent’s name, finding no proof that an adverse claim was pending.

  • Review-of-administrative-action
  • Intestate-succession
  • Customary-law
  • Land-registration
  • Procedural-impropriety
  • Administrative-review
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Property-law [2024] LSHC 105

NKhetheleng Mohale & Ano. V 'Masenate Letsie & 6 Others (LC/APN/61/2014)

NKhetheleng Mohale & Ano. V 'Masenate Letsie & 6 Others (LC/APN/61/2014) [2024] LSHC 105 (18 June 2024)

The court declared the applicants lawful owners of the plot, found the competing transfer invalid, ordered cancellation of the lease, and directed a lease to the applicants.

  • Title-to-land
  • Cancellation-of-lease
  • Rei-vindicatio
  • Transfer-of-immovable-property
  • Land-law
  • Property-law
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Civil-procedure [2023] LSHC 24

Tholo Energy (Pty) Ltd v Tlelai (CCA/0008/2023)

Tholo Energy (Pty) Ltd v Tlelai (CCA/0008/2023) [2023] LSHC 24 (4 May 2023)

Urgent interdict application granted after the respondent interfered with a subleased filling station and raised only points of law without an answering affidavit.

  • Urgent-applications
  • Interdicts
  • Jurisdiction
  • Self-help
  • Lis-pendens
  • Non-joinder
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Civil-procedure [2022] LSHC 293

WESTBANK, A Division of First Rand Limited V Thabiso Khetheng (CIV/APN/261/2021)

WESTBANK, A Division of First Rand Limited V Thabiso Khetheng (CIV/APN/261/2021) [2022] LSHC 293 (9 November 2022)

The High Court of Lesotho granted Westbank Ltd’s application for return of a Mercedes Benz, finding it remained the title holder under an instalment sale agreement.

  • Ownership-of-motor-vehicle
  • Instalment-sale-agreement
  • Withdrawal-of-opposition
  • Costs
  • Motor-vehicle-ownership
  • Civil-costs
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Civil-procedure [2022] LSHC 234

Maseru Mall Taxi Association & 2 Others V Brown Lion & Ano. (CIV/A/0009/2022)

Maseru Mall Taxi Association & 2 Others V Brown Lion & Ano. (CIV/A/0009/2022) [2022] LSHC 234 (31 October 2022)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed an appeal over a taxi rank dispute, holding that the disputed area was private property and the agreement with mall management was valid.

  • Interdict-requirements
  • Locus-standi
  • Taxi-rank-regulation
  • Private-property-rights
  • Interdict
  • Private-property
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Succession-law [2022] LSHC 135

Mputsoe v Mothibeli (CIV/APN/119/2021)

Mputsoe v Mothibeli (CIV/APN/119/2021) [2022] LSHC 135 (13 September 2022)

The High Court held that a motor vehicle allegedly sold by the deceased without spousal consent remained estate property and ordered its release to the executor.

  • Administration-of-deceased-estates
  • Alienation-of-matrimonial-property
  • Executor's-duties
  • Validity-of-sale-of-matrimonial-property
  • Spousal-consent
  • Deceased-estates
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