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Thabiso Lekitla V Rex (C of A (CRI) 12/2025) [2025] LSCA 75 (7 November 2025)
Court of Appeal dismissed a recusal appeal in a murder case, holding the trial judge applied the correct bias test and showed firmness, not bias.
Mataeli Makhele-Sekhantso V Attorney General & 2 Others (C of A (CIV) 23/2024) [2025] LSCA 14 (2 May 2025)
The Court of Appeal of Lesotho granted a postponement after counsel died and replacement counsel lacked preparation time, ordering the applicants to pay costs.
Khotso Mphaki V The Learned Magistrate Qacha's Nek Magistrate & 3 Others (C of A (CIV) 45/2024) [2025] LSCA 19 (2 May 2025)
The Court of Appeal postponed a civil appeal to October 2025 after a respondent lacked funds for counsel, with the existing stay of execution left in place.
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.
Min Zhu Enterprise v Ovk Beddyf Bpk (C of A (CIV) 33/2022) [2022] LSCA 47 (11 November 2022)
The Court of Appeal of Lesotho set aside a High Court judgment in a debt-recovery case, holding that procedural unfairness and refusal of a postponement denied a fair trial.
Molapo v The Executor of the Late Estate (C of A (CIV) 38 of 2018) [2020] LSCA 35 (30 October 2020)
The Court of Appeal postponed the matter because the record was incomplete and heads were filed late, directing that a complete record be prepared before the next session.
Phakisi v Tlapana (C of A (CIV) 50 of 2014) [2015] LSCA 18 (7 August 2015)
The Court of Appeal of Lesotho granted an unopposed postponement, with wasted costs to be paid as tendered. The appeal context involved leave to appeal.
Malakane v Malakane and Others (C of A (CIV) 13 of 2007) [2015] LSCA 17 (7 August 2015)
The Court of Appeal postponed a civil appeal concerning heirship to an estate, ordering costs for the 1st respondent on the ordinary scale.
Malapane v Mohale and Others (LC/APN 2013) [2015] LSHC 31 (2 March 2015)
The High Court’s Land Court Division held that the second respondent had failed to prosecute her defence after missing court, and allowed the applicant to proceed under Rule 55(2).
Malapane v Mohale and Others (LC/APN 97 of 2013) [2015] LSHC 20 (2 March 2015)
The High Court’s Land Court Division allowed the applicant to proceed because the second respondent failed to attend and prosecute her defence without justification.
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