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Civil procedure [2025] LSHC 240

Seipati Ramone V Standard Lesotho Bank & 4 Others (CCT/0517/2024)

Seipati Ramone V Standard Lesotho Bank & 4 Others (CCT/0517/2024) [2025] LSHC 240 (11 September 2025)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCT/0517/2024

The court found that there was no error in making the deed of settlement an order of court, as the applicant had agreed to its terms, including the right of the 1st respondent to execute upon default. The applicant defaulted on the agreed payments, entitling the 1st respondent to execute. The application for rescission was therefore dismissed.

Source excerpt

  • Rescission of judgment
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Settlement agreements
  • Execution of judgments
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Civil procedure [2025] LSCA 20

Sello Buti t/a Classic Distributors V Standard Lesotho Bank & 2 Others (C of A (CIV) 51/2024)

Sello Buti t/a Classic Distributors V Standard Lesotho Bank & 2 Others (C of A (CIV) 51/2024) [2025] LSCA 20 (2 May 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
C of A (CIV) 51/2024

The Court of Appeal refused condonation for a 5-year-late appeal, holding the High Court was not functus officio when it set aside an irregular writ of execution.

  • Condonation
  • Functus officio
  • Writ of execution
  • In duplum rule
  • Appeal procedure
  • Functus-officio
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Civil procedure [2025] LSCA 5

First National Bank of Lesotho LTD V Manthoane Tlaba (C of A (CIV) 06/2025)

First National Bank of Lesotho LTD V Manthoane Tlaba (C of A (CIV) 06/2025) [2025] LSCA 5 (2 May 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
C of A (CIV) 06/2025

The Court of Appeal struck off a bank’s appeal against refusal of summary judgment, holding the order was interlocutory and required leave to appeal.

  • Summary judgment
  • Appealability
  • Counterclaim
  • Loan restructuring
  • Procedural fairness
  • Summary-judgment
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Banking law [2024] LSHC 250

First National Bank of Lesotho V Khafo Pitsi (CCT/0228/2024)

First National Bank of Lesotho V Khafo Pitsi (CCT/0228/2024) [2024] LSHC 250 (11 November 2024)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCT/0228/2024

The High Court dismissed a summary judgment application over a home loan, finding the defendant raised a bona fide defence and that pre-enforcement notice was not shown.

  • Summary judgment
  • Certificate of indebtedness
  • Pre-enforcement notice
  • Non-joinder
  • Mortgage enforcement
  • Summary-judgment
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Civil procedure [2023] LSHC 131

First National Bank of Lesotho V Ramoabi (CC/0563/2021)

First National Bank of Lesotho V Ramoabi (CC/0563/2021) [2023] LSHC 131 (3 August 2023)

Court
High Court
Case number
CC/0563/2021

The High Court granted summary judgment for the bank, holding that a labour-law counterclaim pending before the DDPR could not defeat a liquidated debt claim.

  • Summary judgment
  • Counterclaim
  • Jurisdiction
  • Employment dismissal
  • Loan agreement
  • Summary-judgment
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Banking law [2023] LSHC 132

Rampooana V The Fist National Bank of Lesotho (CCA/0073/2022)

Rampooana V The Fist National Bank of Lesotho (CCA/0073/2022) [2023] LSHC 132 (3 August 2023)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCA/0073/2022

The bank had no statutory or contractual authority to freeze the 1st applicant’s account or reverse the funds absent a court order; its obligations were limited to reporting suspicious transactions. The 3rd applicant had standing due to its interest in the funds, but the 2nd applicant did not.

Source excerpt

  • Money laundering
  • Bank account freezing
  • Locus standi
  • Declaratory orders
  • Interdicts
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Civil procedure [2022] LSHC 160

Platcorp Holdings Limited v Platinum Credit Limited (CCA/0109/2022)

Platcorp Holdings Limited v Platinum Credit Limited (CCA/0109/2022) [2022] LSHC 160 (14 December 2022)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCA/0109/2022

The High Court of Lesotho varied interlocutory orders to account for FNB’s termination of its banking relationship with Platinum Credit Limited.

  • Variation of court orders
  • Interlocutory orders
  • Urgency in applications
  • Bank account management
  • Restoration of status quo ante
  • Variation-of-court-orders
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Civil procedure [2022] LSHC 140

Proaid Holdings Lesotho (Pty) Ltd v Alimela Thuto Financials Ltd (CCA/0095/2020)

Proaid Holdings Lesotho (Pty) Ltd v Alimela Thuto Financials Ltd (CCA/0095/2020) [2022] LSHC 140 (29 September 2022)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCA/0095/2020

The Central Bank of Lesotho is a necessary party due to its statutory supervisory role and direct interest in shareholding changes. There is no genuine dispute of fact preventing determination on papers. However, the existence of a pending related matter (CCT/0209/20) between the same parties on the same issues (lis pendens) requires dismissal of the application to avoid conflicting judgments and multiplicity of litigation.

Source excerpt

  • Non-joinder
  • Misjoinder
  • Lis pendens
  • Dispute of fact
  • Material non-disclosure
  • Locus standi
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Contract law [2022] LSHC 111

Standard Lesotho Bank Limited v Mateka T/a Motlejoa Guest House (CCT/0115/2020)

Standard Lesotho Bank Limited v Mateka T/a Motlejoa Guest House (CCT/0115/2020) [2022] LSHC 111 (18 August 2022)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCT/0115/2020

The defendant failed to disclose a bona fide or legally sufficient defence to the claim. The particulars of claim attached to the summons properly disclosed a cause of action. The loan agreement terms were clear, and the respondent's inability to pay or reliance on alleged oral representations did not constitute a defence. Summary judgment was warranted.

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  • Summary judgment
  • Loan agreements
  • Mortgage bonds
  • Enforcement of security
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Public policy
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Civil procedure [2022] LSHC 71

Platinum Credit Limited v First National Bank Lesotho (CCT/0241/2022)

Platinum Credit Limited v First National Bank Lesotho (CCT/0241/2022) [2022] LSHC 71 (5 August 2022)

Court
High Court
Case number
CCT/0241/2022

The application was not urgent as the urgency was self-created, and the Applicant was abusing the court process by hastily instituting proceedings and failing to comply with previous court orders. The matter was dismissed for lack of urgency and abuse of process.

Source excerpt

  • Urgency in applications
  • Abuse of court process
  • Freezing of bank accounts
  • Confidentiality of banking information
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