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The Industrial Relations Court set aside the Registrar’s stay decision for lack of jurisdiction, ordered a de novo hearing before the Deputy Chairperson, and granted an interim stay.
The High Court dismissed the defendants’ application to set aside a stay of judicial review proceedings, holding the motion was incompetent and that the stay stood.
The Industrial Relations Court in Zomba granted summary disposal on points of law, entering judgment for Kajuli Kaitano & 9 Others against ESCOM for overtime shortfall and unfair labour practice compensation.
The Industrial Relations Court held that an employer could not stop an employee’s salary for alleged abscondment without a disciplinary hearing; liability was decided for the applicant.
The High Court dismissed a preliminary objection, holding that a section 101 election petition was not res judicata as it raised a distinct cause of action from an earlier section 100 appeal.
The High Court of Malawi found the claimant’s arrest, prosecution and detention were instigated by the defendant, awarding ordinary damages for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment.
The High Court dismissed an election petition over the Masanjala parliamentary election, finding it wrongly brought under section 100, procedurally defective, and unsupported by proof.
The High Court partly refused to lift restriction notices over accounts linked to hotel-sale proceeds, while operational accounts were removed by consent.
The High Court rejected a specially endorsed summons and without notice injunction application as procedurally defective, because the claimant used the wrong statutory route to challenge restraint measures.
The High Court dismissed the 2nd Respondent’s stay application as incompetent, holding it was brought under the wrong rules and without good cause to excuse the defects.
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