Sign in
Malawi Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Malawi Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
2 court collections
Last checked

Malawi decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Tort-law [2025] MWHCCiv 8

Mintrozo v Malawi Revenue Authority & The Attorney General (Personal Injury Cause 298 of 2018)

Mintrozo v Malawi Revenue Authority & The Attorney General (Personal Injury Cause 298 of 2018) [2025] MWHCCiv 8 (19 June 2025)

The High Court of Malawi found the police officer negligently shot and killed the claimant’s husband, who was an innocent bystander, and awarded damages against the 2nd Defendant only.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Use-of-firearms-by-police
  • Right-to-life
  • Damages
Read case analysis
Tort-law [2023] MWHCCiv 7

Kamala v Top Range Civil Engineering Contractors (761 of 2018)

Kamala v Top Range Civil Engineering Contractors (761 of 2018) [2023] MWHCCiv 7 (29 May 2023)

The High Court held that a road contractor was negligent for failing to put up warning signs during rehabilitation, causing a fatal accident.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Road-construction-liability
  • Personal-injury
  • Wrongful-death
Read case analysis
Tort [2023] MWHC 67

Msinja & 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Case 4 of 2012)

Msinja & 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Case 4 of 2012) [2023] MWHC 67 (13 January 2023)

The High Court held the defendant insurer liable after finding that the insured driver obstructed the road and caused the collision injuring the claimants.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Motor-vehicle-accident
  • Liability-of-insurer
  • Insurance-liability
  • Personal-injury
Read case analysis
Tort [2023] MWHC 111

Msinja and 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company (Personal Injury Case 4 of 2012)

Msinja and 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company (Personal Injury Case 4 of 2012) [2023] MWHC 111 (13 January 2023)

The High Court of Malawi found the insurer liable for a road accident caused by its insured driver blocking the road. Damages were left for later assessment.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Motor-vehicle-accidents
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Motor-vehicle-accident
  • Insurance-liability
Read case analysis
Tort-law [2023] MWHCCiv 4

Msinja and 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury 4 of 2012)

Msinja and 4 Others v Reunion Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury 4 of 2012) [2023] MWHCCiv 4 (13 January 2023)

The High Court of Malawi held the defendant insurer liable after finding the insured driver obstructed the road and caused the collision. Damages were left for assessment.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Motor-vehicle-accident
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Insurance-liability
  • Personal-injury
Read case analysis
Tort-law [2022] MWHC 140

Muloza ( A minor suing through his father and next friend Mr. Peter Muloza) and Gonda ( A minor suing through his mother and next friend Mrs Mary Gonda) v Population Services International (Personal Injury Cause 339 of 2019)

Muloza ( A minor suing through his father and next friend Mr. Peter Muloza) and Gonda ( A minor suing through his mother and next friend Mrs Mary Gonda) v Population Services International (Personal Injury Cause 339 of 2019) [2022] MWHC 140 (2 December 2022)

The High Court of Malawi held that non-therapeutic circumcision of two minors without valid parental consent was unlawful and amounted to negligence, battery, and rights violations.

  • Negligence
  • Battery
  • Assault
  • Consent-to-medical-treatment
  • Children's-rights
  • Duty-of-care
Read case analysis
Tort [2022] MWHC 137

Kanyasa v Plem Construction Limited (Personal Injury Cause 827 of 2020)

Kanyasa v Plem Construction Limited (Personal Injury Cause 827 of 2020) [2022] MWHC 137 (16 September 2022)

The High Court of Malawi found the defendant negligent for a road obstruction, but also held the claimant contributorily negligent for cycling without a front light.

  • Negligence
  • Contributory-negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Road-traffic-accidents
  • Personal-injury
  • Road-accidents
Read case analysis
Tort [2022] MWHC 142

Makhuludzu v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Personal Injury Case 146 of 2019)

Makhuludzu v Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Personal Injury Case 146 of 2019) [2022] MWHC 142 (18 June 2022)

The High Court of Malawi dismissed a cyclist’s negligence claim after finding he failed to prove the defendant driver caused the collision on a balance of probabilities.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Road-traffic-accident
  • Personal-injury
Read case analysis
Tort [2022] MWHC 100

Galeta v Bruesson and Britam Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 635 of 2019)

Galeta v Bruesson and Britam Insurance Company Limited (Personal Injury Cause 635 of 2019) [2022] MWHC 100 (31 May 2022)

The High Court of Malawi found the first defendant negligently drove into a cyclist and awarded judgment for the claimant, with damages and costs to be assessed.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Road-traffic-accident
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Personal-injury
Read case analysis
Tort [2021] MWHC 278

Thonyiwa v Castel Malawi Breweries Ltd (Personal Injury Case 73 of 2018)

Thonyiwa v Castel Malawi Breweries Ltd (Personal Injury Case 73 of 2018) [2021] MWHC 278 (23 December 2021)

The High Court of Malawi dismissed a negligence claim over alleged contamination in Fanta Pineapple, finding no proven causal link between the drink consumed and the claimant’s illness.

  • Negligence
  • Duty-of-care
  • Res-ipsa-loquitur
  • Product-defects
  • Product-liability
  • Causation
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Malawi decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.