NA TZHC Dar es Salaam 14
Applicants, having chosen to pursue review, forfeited their right to appeal, and the application for review does not justify delay in filing an appeal out of time.
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- Citation
- NA TZHC Dar es Salaam 14
- Parties
- Applicant/appellants: M. Lwitikozi & Another; Respondent: Club Union GBR T. Co C. Sports & Social Club
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 31 January 1994
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Application / Application for Leave to Appeal Out of Time
- Outcome
- Application dismissed with costs
- Legal Topics
- Leave to Appeal Out of Time, Review Vs. Appeal, Limitation Period
- Source Language
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Parties
M. Lwitikozi & Another
Applicant/appellants
Club Union GBR T. Co C. Sports & Social Club
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Application / Application for Leave to Appeal Out of Time
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether applicants can appeal after seeking review and being out of time
- 2 Whether application for review justifies delay in filing appeal
Ratio Decidendi
Applicants, having chosen to pursue review, forfeited their right to appeal, and the application for review does not justify delay in filing an appeal out of time.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed with costs
Orders
- Application for leave to appeal out of time is dismissed with costs
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L"f 1:·::L.:; LIT C£:S. J0UiTI1 OF T.,lJJZA,JIA ..tl' :J~~. ~ Slu.J~JiM ~CEIT.J,,;li'WUS CIVIL .aPPLIC.11.TIOff irn 0 15 OF 19q4 lilDI 1,fLJITIJ.N"ZI & ..::.aOTll.illR •, •• ••••• ••••••• A.PPLICil.clT/APPELL.WTS VJihtiJ'UJ C.LUB 111.:Ull" ..:;.GBR T. Co C. ,JPORI'3 & SOCI.iUJ JLU}1 • o • • • • o • • • • ., • o o. o • o • • • •· • Rl{SPO.£fil~ . ------------------------- RU L I l{ Gs MACKLU'U A, J • s Tbis is an application for leave. to appeal out of t i ~ J the judgment and decc~ee of t;:e lower court. That jud.@llent was delivered ~ 25th Ifay 1993 •ahcl. the a.ppl~ i:-rnre info11110d of their right of • appeal. They do ,l'l,Qj_p.,=:;putc tl:::£:.t rnc:.tter.. Instead of appealing t::1ey lcdg~ an application fo}~ r··.·:·,no\~ i:.1 ..:hich t::.'.cJ rniscd matters which wore canplete.ly " . e:rtenuous to their rie;Lt of n.ppoal. It is not my intention to cliscuss · the merits of t:1n.t a·.JHc.:rLi\..n. Suffice it to srsy that it was dismissed, • in aruling vhi.ch ir, i1ot cl;:,.tod. It was a:?tor tosjng the application for review that tho appJ.::-.omts filed this ap:plice,tion on 31st January, 1994- Tho applicants sock ·to justify tho delay by dcponing in :paragraph 1 of their joint affide:vi t they thought thc::.t tho application for review • would have served their purposo boce.i.l.so they bolicvo that tho throe ' , . . month's sala:cy- l,hic.½. each o.f thorn was awarded we.a a slip of tho :pen. They had .~cctod an award of throe y<;iar's salaryo I. ~ave no hesitation / a.t all th~t this is a hopolos; afterthought. For tho record clearly ·shows that tho application for . review concc:z:nod different me,ttorsi . that tho trial cou:::-t ho.d erred in recording parts of ·tho evidence; Given by the applicant I s wi tnossos 7 o.nd,' tb.2.t tho trial court erred in not allolring tho applicc.nts ccll t:!icir "1"r.it11ooi:::oso ap:plice.nts is o:Z ·t,:,o ~rir:r~r tb.e,t t;~o t1,.:pplic2Jrts ·woro cnti tlcd to c\pply for a review 8-llcl woe ti.iD effort failed t~:lo;/ could proccr,.m t!::o 2.ppoal booause they wore anti tlccl ·co both cvonuoso I thi:1.k Mro Nuruga1-u.gs is wrong in tl-1is cont011tio1:., Tho e,pplicwts had to chose ono avenue. 3incc' they docidod to apply for rovicw of tho docioion, t:i.oy could not? -:rl:.cn that a:p:plic2..tion was llis.:ii:3sod, cone rou.ncl. to insJituto an appc2..l e,c;2inst the se..1i10 judgmento ii review p:rosupposcs that tho applicant has fori:;ono his right of appoalo So, if ho delays i.i1 presenting his appeal within the proscri bod period, &'1 application for ·roviow cannot bo taken a,s justifi- cation for feiling t;_1 1.odgo tho appeal wi tl'i.i.Yl tho prescribed period.• In tho rooul t t:~iG 2,pplic2,tion :i:'ails a11c1. it is diooissocl with costn., Certified tr~,o copy of tto Original.