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Constitutional law [2025] LSCA 72

Thabelang Moeketsi & 2 Others V Lesotho General Insurance Co. Ltd (C of A (CIV) 48/2025)

Thabelang Moeketsi & 2 Others V Lesotho General Insurance Co. Ltd (C of A (CIV) 48/2025) [2025] LSCA 72 (7 November 2025)

The Court of Appeal held the appellants lacked locus standi to challenge section 8 of the Motor Vehicle Insurance Order 1989, so the appeal was dismissed.

  • Locus standi
  • Motor vehicle insurance
  • Discrimination
  • Limitation of liability
  • Locus-standi
  • Constitutional-challenge
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Civil procedure [2025] LSHC 198

Sentso Kelumetse Ramochela ( In his capacity as the duly appointed Executor of the Estate of Late Robert Molapo) V NEDBANK Lesotho Limited (CCT/0043/2024)

Sentso Kelumetse Ramochela ( In his capacity as the duly appointed Executor of the Estate of Late Robert Molapo) V NEDBANK Lesotho Limited (CCT/0043/2024) [2025] LSHC 198 (14 August 2025)

Non-joinder of the Master of the High Court and non-compliance with Rule 75 of the High Court Civil Litigation Rules 2024 are fatal procedural defects, warranting dismissal of the action regardless of the executor's substantive right to sue.

  • Locus standi
  • Non-joinder
  • Executor powers
  • High court civil litigation rules
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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
  • Locus-standi
  • Deregistration-of-companies
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Family law [2025] LSHC 34

Pusetso Moleko V Ministry of Social Development & Ano. (CIV/ADP/0015/2024)

Pusetso Moleko V Ministry of Social Development & Ano. (CIV/ADP/0015/2024) [2025] LSHC 34 (18 March 2025)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed an adoption application, holding the applicant lacked locus standi and the parents’ reasons for relinquishing the child were insufficient.

  • Adoption
  • Parental responsibility
  • Locus standi
  • Child maintenance
  • Locus-standi
  • Parental-responsibility
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Civil procedure [2024] LSCA 46

MAMAISH-PROMA V Likonelo Ntsaoana (C of A (CIV) No 16/2024)

MAMAISH-PROMA V Likonelo Ntsaoana (C of A (CIV) No 16/2024) [2024] LSCA 46 (1 November 2024)

The Court of Appeal refused condonation for a late civil appeal and struck it from the roll, holding that the unregistered association was not a universitas and lacked capacity to sue.

  • Locus standi
  • Capacity to sue
  • Unregistered associations
  • Universitas personarum
  • Condonation of late appeal
  • Locus-standi
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Constitutional law [2024] LSCA 20

Basutoland (BCP) VTransformation Resource Centre and 45 others (C of A (CIV) No 22/2024)

Basutoland (BCP) VTransformation Resource Centre and 45 others (C of A (CIV) No 22/2024) [2024] LSCA 20 (1 November 2024)

The Court of Appeal held that the High Court had jurisdiction to compel electoral and societies authorities to act, and that TRC had standing.

  • Jurisdiction of high court
  • Locus standi
  • Mandamus
  • Statutory duties of electoral bodies
  • Jurisdiction
  • Locus-standi
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Administrative law [2024] LSHC 119

Lesotho College of Education Staff Union V The Governing Council-Lesotho College of Education & 4 Others (CIV/APN/0175/2024)

Lesotho College of Education Staff Union V The Governing Council-Lesotho College of Education & 4 Others (CIV/APN/0175/2024) [2024] LSHC 119 (23 July 2024)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed a staff union’s application over the Rector recruitment process, finding the applicant lacked locus standi to seek the reliefs.

  • Locus standi
  • Interdicts
  • Non-joinder
  • Urgency in applications
  • Locus-standi
  • Urgent-applications
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Civil procedure [2024] LSHC 44

Nyefolo Alotsi v Lesotho National Developent Corporation (CCA/0077/2024)

Nyefolo Alotsi v Lesotho National Developent Corporation (CCA/0077/2024) [2024] LSHC 44 (8 May 2024)

The Magistrates’ Court lacked jurisdiction as the value of the subject property exceeded its monetary ceiling. The 2nd applicant, having been struck off the register, had no legal standing, and the 1st applicant, as director/shareholder, could not sue to vindicate company rights.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Locus standi
  • Mandament van spolie
  • Company deregistration
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Civil procedure [2023] LSCA 1

Nala Capital Advisors Pty (Ltd) and Another v Director of Public Prosecutions and Another (C of A (CIV) No. 91/2022)

Nala Capital Advisors Pty (Ltd) and Another v Director of Public Prosecutions and Another (C of A (CIV) No. 91/2022) [2023] LSCA 1 (17 November 2023)

Both appellants had locus standi to seek rescission as co-accused. The requirements for rescission under Rule 45(1)(a) and common law were not met on the affidavits. However, justice required expunging the finding of a prima facie case and removal of the publication, as the matter was settled, charges withdrawn, and the respondent did not oppose.

  • Rescission of judgment
  • Locus standi
  • Corporate criminal liability
  • Expungement of records
  • Probity checks
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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)

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.

  • Money laundering
  • Bank account freezing
  • Locus standi
  • Declaratory orders
  • Interdicts
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