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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 held that the Malawi Law Society Disciplinary Committee’s rules were ultra vires and that it lost jurisdiction after the statutory time limit expired.
The High Court of Malawi sustained a preliminary objection and dismissed an electoral petition for late-filed sworn statements and an incurable jurisdictional defect.
Plan International Malawi v Mukawa (Civil Appeal Cause 4 of 2020) [2025] MWHCCiv 7 (1 April 2025)
The High Court refused to enlarge time to appeal from the Industrial Relations Court, holding it had no power under the Rules or Labour Relations Act to extend the statutory appeal period.
The High Court’s Family and Probate Division held that a partnership-and-property dispute was commercial in nature, lacked jurisdiction, and was transferred.
Almeida v Almeida (Being Civil Appeal No. 6 of 2024) [2025] MWHC 8 (3 February 2025)
All issues relating to custody, visitation, and access—including the mother's intended relocation—can and should be resolved within the pending appeal before this court; all other proceedings in other courts are stayed until the appeal is determined to finality.
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Fargo Ltd v Lilongwe university of Agriculture & Natural Resources (46 of 2024) [2024] MWHC 56 (16 October 2024)
The High Court held that referral of the dispute to arbitration deprived it of jurisdiction, so it could not hear applications or proceed with the case.
Goodson v Chidothi (Civil Appeal 6 of 2020) [2024] MWHC 50 (4 October 2024)
The High Court partially allowed a matrimonial appeal, upheld the existence of a customary marriage, revised property distribution, and dissolved the marriage.
African Prime Investment Limited v Rab Processors and 3 Others (Confirmation Case 188 of 2018) [2024] MWCommC 3 (19 June 2024)
The High Court dismissed a defendant’s application for security for costs, finding no basis to conclude the claimant was outside Malawi or unable to pay costs.
Kalua and 11 others v Attorney General (Civil Cause 16 of 2023) [2024] MWHCCiv 3 (25 March 2024)
The claimants failed to prove their employment status, failed to provide evidence of discrimination, did not exhaust internal remedies before the Police Service Commission, and did not comply with statutory notice requirements. Therefore, the application for default judgment was dismissed.
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