copycat tanzania limited vs mariam chamba 2022 tzca 107 10 march 2022
The omission to administer oath or affirmation to witnesses before the CMA was a fatal irregularity that rendered the evidence and all subsequent proceedings and awards a nullity, necessitating nullification and a rehearing before a different arbitrator.
- Citation
- copycat tanzania limited vs mariam chamba 2022 tzca 107 10 march 2022
- Parties
- Appellant: The Copycat Tanzania Limited; Respondent: Mariam Chamba
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 10 March 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed; proceedings and awards nullified; matter remitted for rehearing
- Legal Topics
- Constructive Termination, Unfair Termination, Evidence Under Oath, Nullification of Proceedings
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
The Copycat Tanzania Limited
Appellant
Mariam Chamba
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether failure to administer oath or affirmation to witnesses before the CMA vitiated the proceedings and award
- 2 Whether the High Court erred in sustaining the CMA award based on unsworn evidence
Ratio Decidendi
The omission to administer oath or affirmation to witnesses before the CMA was a fatal irregularity that rendered the evidence and all subsequent proceedings and awards a nullity, necessitating nullification and a rehearing before a different arbitrator.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed; proceedings and awards nullified; matter remitted for rehearing
Orders
- Proceedings and award of the CMA nullified
- High Court proceedings and judgment nullified
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