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Civil procedure [2022] NAHCMD 552

Lukas v Lukas (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-MAT 4927 of 2021)

Lukas v Lukas (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-MAT 4927 of 2021) [2022] NAHCMD 552 (14 October 2022)

The High Court struck a condonation application from the roll because the deponent failed to show authority to bring it on the defendant’s behalf.

  • Condonation
  • Authority to institute proceedings
  • Costs
  • Civil-procedure
  • Authority-to-institute-proceedings
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Criminal law [2022] NAHCNLD 111

S v Haikali (CR 57 of 2022)

S v Haikali (CR 57 of 2022) [2022] NAHCNLD 111 (14 October 2022)

The High Court set aside a magistrate’s conviction on an alternative cannabis charge because the State had not accepted the plea and the main charge was unresolved.

  • Unlawful dealing in cannabis
  • Alternative charge procedure
  • Plea acceptance
  • Magistrate misdirection
  • Criminal-law
  • Cannabis-offences
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Contract law [2022] NAHCMD 551

Shikale v Sharpley (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON- 2282 of 2021)

Shikale v Sharpley (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON- 2282 of 2021) [2022] NAHCMD 551 (13 October 2022)

The High Court held that the defendant failed to prove duress when signing an acknowledgement of debt and ordered payment of N$40,000 plus interest and costs.

  • Acknowledgement of debt
  • Duress
  • Burden of proof
  • Non-delivery of goods
  • Business partnerships
  • Acknowledgement-of-debt
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Criminal law [2022] NAHCNLD 109

S v Mesho (CC 4 of 2018)

S v Mesho (CC 4 of 2018) [2022] NAHCNLD 109 (13 October 2022)

The High Court rejected a non-pathological insanity defence and convicted the accused of two murders, with competent verdict convictions on two further counts.

  • Murder
  • Attempted murder
  • Assault
  • Criminal capacity
  • Intoxication
  • Non-pathological insanity
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Labour law [2022] NALCMD 59

Sunshine Private College v Muchemedzi (HC-MD-LAB-APP-AAA 20 of 2022)

Sunshine Private College v Muchemedzi (HC-MD-LAB-APP-AAA 20 of 2022) [2022] NALCMD 59 (13 October 2022)

The Labour Court dismissed an employer’s appeal, holding that no rule or policy against private extra lessons was proven and the dismissal was substantively unfair.

  • Unfair dismissal
  • Substantive fairness
  • Compensation
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Conflict of interest
  • Unfair-dismissal
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Civil procedure [2022] NAHCMD 550

Shipoke v Shipoke (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-MAT 161 of 2022)

Shipoke v Shipoke (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-MAT 161 of 2022) [2022] NAHCMD 550 (13 October 2022)

The High Court struck a defendant’s interlocutory application from the roll because the relief sought was incompetent and did not seek to set aside an existing agreed statement of facts.

  • Interlocutory applications
  • Statements of agreed facts
  • Setting aside agreements
  • Costs orders
  • Civil-procedure
  • Interlocutory-applications
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Civil procedure [2022] NAHCMD 547

Swartz v Namibia Water Corporation Limited (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON- 2419 of 2022)

Swartz v Namibia Water Corporation Limited (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON- 2419 of 2022) [2022] NAHCMD 547 (12 October 2022)

The High Court refused condonation for a late notice of exception, holding that practitioners’ remissness was not a good reason and that prospects alone were insufficient.

  • Condonation
  • Late filing
  • Court orders
  • Discretion of court
  • Late-filing
  • Civil-procedure
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Company law [2022] NAHCMD 544

China Harbour Engineering Company (Pty) Ltd v Indigenuos People Business Forum (HC-MD-CIV-MOT-GEN 22 of 2021)

China Harbour Engineering Company (Pty) Ltd v Indigenuos People Business Forum (HC-MD-CIV-MOT-GEN 22 of 2021) [2022] NAHCMD 544 (11 October 2022)

High Court liquidation matter on whether the applicant proved a due and payable debt under section 350(1)(a)(i) of the Companies Act.

  • Winding up
  • Commercial insolvency
  • Settlement agreement
  • Mortgage bonds
  • Provisional-liquidation
  • Companies-act
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Civil procedure [2022] NAHCMD 545

Schameerah Seven (7) v Standard Bank Namibia Limited (Windhoek) (HC-MD-CIV-MOT-GEN 304 of 2021)

Schameerah Seven (7) v Standard Bank Namibia Limited (Windhoek) (HC-MD-CIV-MOT-GEN 304 of 2021) [2022] NAHCMD 545 (10 October 2022)

The High Court granted leave to appeal against an order refusing representation of a close corporation by a natural person, and postponed the matter for status hearing.

  • Representation of close corporations
  • Leave to appeal
  • Appealable orders
  • Civil-procedure
  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Appealable-orders
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