20150824 TZHC Dodoma2
Ignorance of the legal requirement to seek leave to appeal, when the applicant is a lay unrepresented person, constitutes good and sufficient cause for extension of time as substantial justice should prevail over technicalities.
- Citation
- 20150824 TZHC Dodoma2
- Parties
- Applicant: Hussein Juma Mayai; Respondent: Athumani Hassan
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 24 August 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time
- Outcome
- Application granted
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time, Leave to Appeal, Ignorance of Law, Substantial Justice
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Hussein Juma Mayai
Applicant
Athumani Hassan
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether ignorance of the requirement to seek leave to appeal constitutes good and sufficient cause for extension of time
Ratio Decidendi
Ignorance of the legal requirement to seek leave to appeal, when the applicant is a lay unrepresented person, constitutes good and sufficient cause for extension of time as substantial justice should prevail over technicalities.
Court Disposition
Application granted
Orders
- Extension of time granted to the applicant to file an application for leave to appeal.
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