20170823 TZCA Tabora
Failure to serve notice of appeal and letter requesting proceedings on the 3rd respondent rendered the appeal incompetent and time barred.
- Citation
- 20170823 TZCA Tabora
- Parties
- Appellant: Tobacco Traders Company Ltd; 1st Respondent: Ufuluma AMCS Limited; 2nd Respondent: Usesula AMCS Limited; 3rd Respondent: Tanzania Leaf Tobacco Co. Limited
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 23 August 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Ruling on Preliminary Objection
- Outcome
- appeal struck out with costs
- Legal Topics
- Appeals, Service of Documents, Time Limitation
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Tobacco Traders Company Ltd
Appellant
Ufuluma AMCS Limited
1st Respondent
Usesula AMCS Limited
2nd Respondent
Tanzania Leaf Tobacco Co. Limited
3rd Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Ruling on Preliminary Objection
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal is incompetent for failure to serve notice of appeal and letter requesting proceedings on the 3rd respondent
- 2 Whether the appeal was lodged out of time
Ratio Decidendi
Failure to serve notice of appeal and letter requesting proceedings on the 3rd respondent rendered the appeal incompetent and time barred.
Court Disposition
appeal struck out with costs
Orders
- appeal struck out with costs
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