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Criminal law francis candidus ndiwu vs the republic 2023 tzhc 23024 28 november 2023

francis candidus ndiwu vs the republic 2023 tzhc 23024 28 november 2023

The High Court refused to restore a withdrawn criminal appeal, finding the applicant showed no sufficient cause under section 371(3) of the CPA.

  • Restoration of withdrawn appeal
  • Sufficient cause
  • Advocate-client relationship
  • Court discretion
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Appeal-restoration
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Labour law haruna selemani mgunda 55 others vs ilala municipal council 2023 tzhcld 1298 1 june 2023

haruna selemani mgunda 55 others vs ilala municipal council 2023 tzhcld 1298 1 june 2023

Applicants failed to account for 1170 days of delay and cannot shift the entire blame to their advocate; no sufficient cause was shown for the delay, and the alleged illegality was not substantiated.

  • Extension of time
  • Review of judgment
  • Sufficient cause for delay
  • Ignorance of proceedings
  • Advocate-client relationship
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Labour law janeth david mashingia vs national housing corporation 2021 tzhcld 381 17 september 2021

janeth david mashingia vs national housing corporation 2021 tzhcld 381 17 september 2021

The High Court of Tanzania dismissed an application for extension of time to file a notice of appeal, finding the applicant had not accounted for each day of delay.

  • Extension of time
  • Appeal procedure
  • Sickness as ground for delay
  • Advocate-client relationship
  • Extension-of-time
  • Appeal-procedure
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Civil procedure ojiambo and company advocates v eashri taxation cause 2 of 2014 2016 eacj 125 26 may 2016

ojiambo and company advocates v eashri taxation cause 2 of 2014 2016 eacj 125 26 may 2016

The EACJ dismissed UHAI EASHRI’s bid to strike out an advocate-client bill of costs, finding implied instructions to Ojiambo & Company Advocates from conduct in the proceedings.

  • Advocate-client relationship
  • Taxation of costs
  • Amicus curiae
  • Remuneration agreements
  • Taxation-of-costs
  • Advocate-client-relationship
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Civil procedure 19981228 TZHC Arusha

19981228 TZHC Arusha

The High Court held that an advocate-client relationship existed for contentious work, but set aside the taxed instruction fee and remitted the bill for fresh taxation.

  • Advocate-client relationship
  • Taxation of costs
  • Remuneration of advocates
  • Limitation periods
  • Judicial discretion
  • Taxation-of-costs
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