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Civil procedure NYARUGUSU Ruling

NYARUGUSU Ruling

The High Court struck out a reference in execution proceedings, holding it was not properly before the court and that the supporting affidavit was fatally defective.

  • Reference proceedings
  • Execution of decrees
  • Affidavit requirements
  • Locus standi
  • Abuse of process
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure MCA 32571 PRESTIGE VS STANDARD

MCA 32571 PRESTIGE VS STANDARD

The subordinate court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit and grant interim orders while a petition to revoke the arbitration clause was pending in the High Court, as the contract required disputes to be resolved by arbitration and the High Court had not yet granted leave to proceed in the classical court. The preliminary objections raised by the respondent were without merit.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Arbitration clause
  • Injunctions
  • Abuse of process
  • Preliminary objections
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Civil procedure ISHENGOMA RULING

ISHENGOMA RULING

The preliminary objections failed because they either did not raise pure points of law or were based on factual issues requiring evidence; the plaint disclosed a cause of action and the procedural irregularity was a clerical error.

  • Preliminary objections
  • Cause of action
  • Specific performance
  • Abuse of process
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Criminal law Robert Simon Kisena

Robert Simon Kisena

The High Court rejected a plea of autrefois acquit, holding that the earlier case concerned an extract resolution, while this case concerns different minutes.

  • Autrefois acquit
  • Double jeopardy
  • Forgery
  • Uttering false documents
  • Money laundering
  • Abuse of process
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Civil procedure MENGI 22900

MENGI 22900

The High Court struck out a stay application as overtaken by events after it had already stayed related proceedings pending Court of Appeal directions.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Pending appeal
  • Abuse of process
  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Pending-appeal
  • Abuse-of-process
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Civil procedure Ruling charles Kahatano Lwempis 1

Ruling charles Kahatano Lwempis 1

The High Court at Mwanza upheld a preliminary objection and dismissed a land application with costs for breaching the scheduling order and abusing court process.

  • Temporary injunction
  • Preliminary objection
  • Res judicata
  • Scheduling order
  • Abuse of process
  • Temporary-injunction
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Civil procedure land case 27640scanned

land case 27640scanned

The High Court Land Division overruled preliminary objections that the suit was res judicata and an abuse of process, finding the earlier case had been struck out and the registration issue required evidence.

  • Res judicata
  • Abuse of process
  • Registration of agreements
  • Res-judicata
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Land-law
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Land law SELEMANI HAMISI

SELEMANI HAMISI

The appeal was struck out because the application before the District Land and Housing Tribunal was filed incompetently, bypassing the proper appellate process from the Ward Tribunal, amounting to abuse of legal process.

  • Abuse of process
  • Jurisdiction
  • Appeals
  • Tribunal procedure
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Criminal law Leonce

Leonce

The court is functus officio after disposing the previous application on merit and lacks jurisdiction to entertain a fresh application for the same relief.

  • Extension of time
  • Functus officio
  • Jurisdiction
  • Abuse of process
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Land law bahati josephat mchallo suing as administrator of the estates of the late josephat paul massawe vs equity bank tanzania ltd 2 others 2024 tzhclandd 60 29 february 2024

bahati josephat mchallo suing as administrator of the estates of the late josephat paul massawe vs equity bank tanzania ltd 2 others 2024 tzhclandd 60 29 february 2024

The Tribunal erred by dismissing the application without affording the appellant the right to be heard, as the appellant's counsel was not given an opportunity to respond to the preliminary objection, violating the rules of natural justice.

  • Right to be heard
  • Natural justice
  • Preliminary objection
  • Res judicata
  • Locus standi
  • Abuse of process
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