abdiel reginald mengi regina mengi administrators of the estate of the late mercy anna mengi vs jacqueline ntuyabaliwe mengi 3 others 2023 tzhc 22019 29 september 2023

abdiel reginald mengi regina mengi administrators of the estate of the late mercy anna mengi vs jacqueline ntuyabaliwe mengi 3 others 2023 tzhc 22019 29 september 2023

Leave of the High Court is not required to appeal in matrimonial proceedings; applicants have an automatic right of appeal under section 80(4) of the Law of Marriage Act.

Citation
abdiel reginald mengi regina mengi administrators of the estate of the late mercy anna mengi vs jacqueline ntuyabaliwe mengi 3 others 2023 tzhc 22019 29 september 2023
Parties
Applicant: Abdiel Reginald Mengi; Applicant: Regina Mengi; 1st Respondent: Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi; 2nd Respondent: Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi as next friend of Jayden Kihoza Mengi (a minor); 3rd Respondent: Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi as next friend of Rayan Saashisha Mengi (a minor); 4th Respondent: Abdiel Reginald Mengi and Benjamin Abraham Mengi (Administrators of the Estate of the late Reginald Abraham Mengi)
Court
TZHC
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
29 September 2023
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Appeal
Outcome
application dismissed
Legal Topics
Leave to Appeal, Matrimonial Proceedings, Automatic Right of Appeal
Source Language
English
Family Law Civil Procedure Leave to Appeal Matrimonial Proceedings Automatic Right of Appeal

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Parties

Abdiel Reginald Mengi

Applicant

Regina Mengi

Applicant

Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi

1st Respondent

Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi as next friend of Jayden Kihoza Mengi (a minor)

2nd Respondent

Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi as next friend of Rayan Saashisha Mengi (a minor)

3rd Respondent

Abdiel Reginald Mengi and Benjamin Abraham Mengi (Administrators of the Estate of the late Reginald Abraham Mengi)

4th Respondent

Procedural Posture

Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Application for Leave to Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether leave of the High Court is required to appeal in matrimonial proceedings
  2. 2 Whether the application for leave was competent

Ratio Decidendi

Leave of the High Court is not required to appeal in matrimonial proceedings; applicants have an automatic right of appeal under section 80(4) of the Law of Marriage Act.

Court Disposition

application dismissed

Orders

  • Applicants may file appeal without leave of this court
  • No order as to costs