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Property law ABED MAULID SAFI

ABED MAULID SAFI

The High Court struck out a land suit after finding the plaintiff had no locus standi to sue personally over property vested in a registered trustee.

  • Locus standi
  • Trustees incorporation
  • Jurisdiction
  • Capacity to sue
  • Locus-standi
  • Trust-law
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Employment law national bank of commerce ltd vs skyes travel agents limited 2015 tzhc 2209 18 december 2015

national bank of commerce ltd vs skyes travel agents limited 2015 tzhc 2209 18 december 2015

The High Court allowed NBC’s appeal, holding the magistrate lacked pecuniary jurisdiction over a commercial dispute and that the trial judgment was unintelligible.

  • Group life assurance
  • Trust deed validity
  • Employee benefits
  • Registration of trusts
  • Commercial-jurisdiction
  • Pecuniary-jurisdiction
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Civil procedure 20080917 TZHC Arusha

20080917 TZHC Arusha

The suit was not properly constituted as a representative action since leave of the court was not obtained under Order 1 Rule 8; only those respondents who testified could claim, and the respondents failed to prove the illegitimacy of the trustees' decision to demolish the building; the appeal is allowed.

  • Representative suits
  • Trustee powers
  • Demolition of property
  • Standing to sue
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Employment law saidi vs registered trustees of manyema masjid 2004 tzca 2 3 may 2004

saidi vs registered trustees of manyema masjid 2004 tzca 2 3 may 2004

The Registered Trustees of Manyema Masjid, upon incorporation, lawfully succeeded to the management and disciplinary authority over the Masjid and its personnel, including the appellant, and were empowered to terminate his service as Imam for acts committed prior to their incorporation, as the activities and objectives of the Masjid remained continuous.

  • Termination of employment
  • Powers of trustees
  • Incorporation and succession
  • Disciplinary procedures
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Civil procedure 19970221 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19970221 TZHC Dar es Salaam

High Court appeal against an interlocutory order allowing a school to keep operating pending trial was dismissed. The court applied the injunction test and found no error.

  • Interlocutory injunctions
  • Specific performance
  • Termination of agreements
  • Management of educational institutions
  • Interlocutory-injunctions
  • Civil-procedure
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Trust law 19900525 TZCA Dar es Salaam

19900525 TZCA Dar es Salaam

The Court of Appeal held that T.A.G.’s operative constitution was the 1978 version, upheld registration as a society, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Validity of church constitution
  • Removal of trustees
  • Registration of societies
  • Counter-claims in civil procedure
  • Validity-of-constitution
  • Church-trusts
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