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Sports law CIVIL CASE NO

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The suit was filed prematurely in the High Court as the plaintiffs failed to exhaust the internal remedies provided by the TFF Constitution for resolving disputes among association members. The court's jurisdiction is not ousted by the association's constitution, but litigants must first utilize the agreed internal mechanisms unless shown to be unavailable or ineffective, which was not demonstrated here.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Locus standi
  • Exhaustion of remedies
  • Association constitutions
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Administrative law 20181130 TZHC Dar es salam

20181130 TZHC Dar es salam

Judicial review of TFF disciplinary rulings succeeded where the High Court found inadequate notice, no investigation report, and a defective decision signature.

  • Natural justice
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Ethics committee decisions
  • Right to be heard
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law 19971021 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19971021 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Leave to seek certiorari and mandamus over disputed sports elections was refused; the court held the National Sports Council lacked authority to control DRFA elections.

  • Prerogative orders
  • Ultra vires
  • Jurisdiction of statutory bodies
  • Elections in sports associations
  • Administrative-law
  • Jurisdiction
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Civil procedure 19970813 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19970813 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Applicants failed to provide sufficient evidence that their rights were imminently jeopardized or that circumstances were comparable to the cited precedent; no official support for their allegations was provided, and the court cannot reinstate them before determining the legality of the disputed elections.

  • Temporary injunction
  • Prerogative orders
  • Election disputes
  • Status quo maintenance
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Administrative law 19960607 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19960607 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court quashed a sports screening committee’s decision for breach of natural justice, holding that bias and unfair procedure invalidated the disqualification.

  • Prerogative orders
  • Natural justice
  • Jurisdiction
  • Sports association elections
  • Administrative-law
  • Natural-justice
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Administrative law 19900280 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19900280 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court quashed a National Sports Council decision that reversed an earlier favorable ruling without hearing the applicant, holding this breached natural justice.

  • Natural justice
  • Certiorari
  • Mandamus
  • Quasi-judicial decisions
  • Natural-justice
  • Quasi-judicial-decisions
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Administrative law 19860905 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19860905 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court upheld FAT’s withdrawal of Simba Sports Club’s two points, holding that the club had been given a fair written opportunity to respond.

  • Natural justice
  • Certiorari
  • Sports disciplinary proceedings
  • Transfer of players
  • Natural-justice
  • Sports-discipline
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