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Republic v Richard Chimwendo Banda & Alfred Dala Kadula

The High Court dealt with a withdrawn bail application in a homicide matter, held that criminal process and case-management directions remained active, and ordered release without conditions and further steps.

  • Bail-pending-trial
  • Habeas-corpus
  • Arrest-and-detention
  • Withdrawal-of-application
  • Committal-proceedings
  • Abuse-of-process
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Civil-procedure [2020] MWCommC 1

NBS Bank PLC v NICO General Insurance Company Limited

NBS Bank PLC v NICO General Insurance Company Limited (Commercial Cause 362 of 2018) [2020] MWCommC 1 (30 November 2020)

The High Court of Malawi Commercial Division dismissed an insurer’s bid to stay a civil claim pending related criminal proceedings involving alleged employee fraud.

  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Concurrent-civil-and-criminal-proceedings
  • Indemnity-under-insurance-policy
  • Fraud
  • Insurance-indemnity
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Tort-law [1990] MWHC 7

Chiumia v Southern Bottlers Limited

Chiumia v Southern Bottlers Limited (Civil Cause 707 of 1989) [1990] MWHC 7 (15 October 1990)

The High Court of Malawi stayed a false imprisonment claim because related criminal proceedings were still pending, to avoid conflicting judgments.

  • False-imprisonment
  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Concurrent-civil-and-criminal-proceedings
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