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The urgent application was admissible as it was linked to a substantive appeal; however, there were no urgent grounds to halt construction since the works were advanced and no irreversible harm was shown. Costs and damages cannot be awarded in the urgent application and must be claimed in the substantive proceedings.
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The High Court dismissed Mazimpaka Christian’s second appeal as inadmissible, holding that the dispute concerned estate management authority, not the value of the estate.
The Court of Appeal held it had jurisdiction, but found KCP Ltd’s appeal against an urgent-order inadmissibility ruling was filed late and dismissed it.
The Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal as it concerned a decision on a preliminary objection (inadmissibility for late filing) from the High Commercial Court, not a second appeal on the merits of an urgent application. The Court found that the three-day period for appeal in urgent matters is governed by Article 188 of Law No 22/2018, which requires counting from the day the decision is delivered, not excluding that day. KCP Ltd filed its appeal one day late. The Court also held that costs and attorney fees are not awarded in interlocutory urgent applications pend…
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The Supreme Court held that an appeal against rejection of a judge-disqualification request must be joined with the appeal on the merits, so the separate appeal was inadmissible.
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