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Constitutional-law [2023] LSHC 136

Setlojoane V COMPOL (CONST Case No 11 of 2021)

Setlojoane V COMPOL (CONST Case No 11 of 2021) [2023] LSHC 136 (14 September 2023)

The High Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court, dismissed a challenge over police demands for client files and fees, holding that adequate trial remedies existed.

  • Lawyer-client-privilege
  • Fair-trial-rights
  • Money-laundering
  • Prosecutorial-discretion
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Criminal-procedure
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Civil-procedure [2023] LSHC 253

Molumo V Lesotho Police Staff (CCA/0143/2022)

Molumo V Lesotho Police Staff (CCA/0143/2022) [2023] LSHC 253 (14 September 2023)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed an urgent application to stop salary deductions, finding abuse of urgency procedure and no prima facie right to interim relief.

  • Interim-interdicts
  • Urgency-procedure
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Loan-repayment-disputes
  • Salary-deductions
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Civil-procedure [2023] LSHC 126

Beleme Lebajoa V COMPOL (CIV/APN/0178/2022)

Beleme Lebajoa V COMPOL (CIV/APN/0178/2022) [2023] LSHC 126 (3 August 2023)

The High Court of Lesotho ordered the first respondent to pay wasted costs on an attorney-and-client scale after a last-minute recusal application caused a postponement.

  • Costs
  • Attorney-client-costs
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Postponement
  • Recusal
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Civil-procedure [2022] LSHC 66

Bonang Seisa T/a Bafokeng General Café v First National Bank Lesotho (CCT/0381/2020)

Bonang Seisa T/a Bafokeng General Café v First National Bank Lesotho (CCT/0381/2020) [2022] LSHC 66 (25 August 2022)

Urgent rescission application dismissed for abuse of the urgency procedure and failure to show good cause under Rule 27.

  • Urgency-procedure
  • Rescission-of-judgment
  • Abuse-of-court-process
  • Default-judgment
  • Urgent-applications
  • Abuse-of-process
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Contract-law [2022] LSHC 28

Tholo Energy Pty Ltd v Letseng Diamond Pty,ltd (CCA/0013/2022)

Tholo Energy Pty Ltd v Letseng Diamond Pty,ltd (CCA/0013/2022) [2022] LSHC 28 (29 April 2022)

Urgent interim interdict refused for self-created urgency, inadequate notice, and failure to show a prima facie right. Costs were punitive.

  • Urgent-applications
  • Interim-interdicts
  • Contract-termination
  • Costs-orders
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Interim-interdict
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Criminal-law [2022] LSHC 85

Ts'ehla v Tau (CRI/REV/0006/2021)

Ts'ehla v Tau (CRI/REV/0006/2021) [2022] LSHC 85 (1 March 2022)

The High Court dismissed a criminal review and stay application seeking release on bail, holding that there was no judgment to stay and the application was defective.

  • Bail
  • Review-of-magistrate's-decision
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Abuse-of-court-process
  • Criminal-review
  • Abuse-of-process
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Company-law [2020] LSCA 4

Eldaro Trading (Pty) Ltd v Meraka (Pty) Ltd (C of A (CIV) 18 of 2019)

Eldaro Trading (Pty) Ltd v Meraka (Pty) Ltd (C of A (CIV) 18 of 2019) [2020] LSCA 4 (29 May 2020)

The Appeal Court dismissed a liquidation appeal, finding no proof of commercial insolvency and holding that the proceedings were used to pressure payment.

  • Liquidation-proceedings
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Commercial-insolvency
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Company-law
  • Insolvency-law
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Civil-procedure [2019] LSHC 55

Ramahloko v The Learned Magistrate Mr. Kolobe (CIV/APN 77 of 19)

Ramahloko v The Learned Magistrate Mr. Kolobe (CIV/APN 77 of 19) [2019] LSHC 55 (12 September 2019)

The High Court dismissed an urgent ex parte review, finding the urgency self-created and the certificate of urgency perfunctory.

  • Urgent-applications
  • Ex-parte-procedure
  • Custody-and-access
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Certification-of-urgency
  • Certificate-of-urgency
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Civil-procedure [2018] LSCA 27

Nkhabu v Lerotholi (C of A (CIV) 27 of 2016)

Nkhabu v Lerotholi (C of A (CIV) 27 of 2016) [2018] LSCA 27 (7 December 2018)

The Court of Appeal varied a costs order after finding the lower court misdirected itself. The Magistrate’s Court had dismissed the earlier matter for lack of jurisdiction, not on the merits.

  • Costs
  • Res-judicata
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Jurisdiction
  • Civil-procedure
  • Land-law
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Civil-procedure [2016] LSCA 44

Rantle v Methodist Church of Southern Africa (C of A (CIV) 24 of 2016)

Rantle v Methodist Church of Southern Africa (C of A (CIV) 24 of 2016) [2016] LSCA 44 (28 October 2016)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a land-related appeal, holding the High Court lacked jurisdiction and that the appellant’s ex parte process justified attorney-client costs.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Declaratory-relief
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Costs
  • Attorney-client-costs
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