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Family law [2015] LSHC 21

Khali v Khali (CIV/T 653 of 2011)

Khali v Khali (CIV/T 653 of 2011) [2015] LSHC 21 (16 March 2015)

High Court divorce, maintenance, custody and property dispute between spouses. Divorce granted to the defendant; plaintiff’s separation and maintenance claims were refused.

  • Judicial separation
  • Divorce
  • Maintenance
  • Custody
  • Matrimonial property
  • Judicial-separation
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Family law [2011] LSHC 152

Ntsekhe v Ntsekhe (CIV/T 136 of 9)

Ntsekhe v Ntsekhe (CIV/T 136 of 9) [2011] LSHC 152 (14 December 2011)

The High Court of Lesotho granted a stay of execution pending appeal in a judicial separation matter, holding that real and substantial justice required it.

  • Stay of execution
  • Judicial separation
  • Appeal procedure
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Judicial-separation
  • Appeal-procedure
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Family law [1994] LSCA 42

Ntsane v Ntsane and Another (CIV/APN 153 of 92)

Ntsane v Ntsane and Another (CIV/APN 153 of 92) [1994] LSCA 42 (2 March 1994)

The court discharged a rule nisi and dismissed an urgent interdict application, finding no urgency, serious factual disputes, non-disclosure, and no judicial separation action.

  • Interim interdicts
  • Judicial separation
  • Urgency in applications
  • Good faith in ex parte applications
  • Urgent-interdicts
  • Ex-parte-applications
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Family law [1989] LSCA 129

Tekane v Tekane (CIV/T 401 of 85)

Tekane v Tekane (CIV/T 401 of 85) [1989] LSCA 129 (8 November 1989)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed the husband’s divorce claim, accepted the wife’s counter-claim for judicial separation, and ordered interim maintenance.

  • Divorce
  • Judicial separation
  • Custody of children
  • Forfeiture of benefits
  • Maintenance
  • Judicial-separation
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Family law [1989] LSCA 90

Moerane v Moerane (CIV/T 660 of 86)

Moerane v Moerane (CIV/T 660 of 86) [1989] LSCA 90 (9 August 1989)

The court granted a conditional divorce order after finding the husband’s conduct, including assaults and lack of reconciliation efforts, implied malicious desertion.

  • Divorce
  • Judicial separation
  • Maintenance
  • Custody
  • Malicious desertion
  • Family-law
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Family law [1986] LSCA 27

Mohammed v Mohammed (C of A (CIV) 14 of 1985)

Mohammed v Mohammed (C of A (CIV) 14 of 1985) [1986] LSCA 27 (9 April 1986)

Appeal partly succeeded on jurisdiction and pleading issues in a matrimonial dispute, with the Court of Appeal allowing amendment and restoring judicial-separation relief.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Restitution of conjugal rights
  • Divorce
  • Judicial separation
  • Interim relief
  • Amendment of pleadings
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Family law [1984] LSCA 84

Posa v Posa (CIV/APN/236/83; CIV/T/442/83)

Posa v Posa (CIV/APN/236/83; CIV/T/442/83) [1984] LSCA 84 (26 June 1984)

An interlocutory family-law application in which the court refused maintenance and accommodation orders but restrained the defendant from alienating matrimonial property pending trial.

  • Judicial separation
  • Maintenance
  • Matrimonial property
  • Interim relief
  • Family-law
  • Matrimonial-property
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Family law [1980] LSHC 68

Mosehle v Mosehle (CIV/T 146 of 78)

Mosehle v Mosehle (CIV/T 146 of 78) [1980] LSHC 68 (28 November 1980)

The High Court of Lesotho dismissed a husband's divorce claim for adultery and desertion, granted the wife judicial separation, and left child custody with the husband.

  • Divorce
  • Judicial separation
  • Custody
  • Maintenance
  • Adultery
  • Desertion
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