casto kaberege vs olestas malingo and another 2020 tzhc 1678 17 july 2020

casto kaberege vs olestas malingo and another 2020 tzhc 1678 17 july 2020

The trial court erred in entering default judgment without requiring ex parte proof of the respondents' claims, resulting in substantial injustice; proceedings and order dated 19th April, 2017 are quashed and set aside, and the matter is remitted to trial court to proceed from where it ended before that date.

Citation
casto kaberege vs olestas malingo and another 2020 tzhc 1678 17 july 2020
Parties
Applicant: Casto Kaberege; 1st Respondent: Olestas Malingo; 2nd Respondent: Weslaus Mbogoro
Court
TZHC
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
17 July 2020
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Revision Application
Outcome
application granted
Legal Topics
Revision, Default Judgment, Defamation, Malicious Prosecution, Extension of Time
Source Language
English
Civil Procedure Tort Revision Default Judgment Defamation Malicious Prosecution Extension of Time

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Parties

Casto Kaberege

Applicant

Olestas Malingo

1st Respondent

Weslaus Mbogoro

2nd Respondent

Procedural Posture

Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Revision Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the trial court erred in entering default judgment without ex parte proof
  2. 2 Whether the plaint disclosed a cause of action
  3. 3 Whether the trial court ought to have granted extension of time to file defence

Ratio Decidendi

The trial court erred in entering default judgment without requiring ex parte proof of the respondents' claims, resulting in substantial injustice; proceedings and order dated 19th April, 2017 are quashed and set aside, and the matter is remitted to trial court to proceed from where it ended before that date.

Court Disposition

application granted

Orders

  • Proceedings of trial court dated 19th April, 2017 quashed
  • Order entering default judgment set aside