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Land law break point outdoor caterers limited vs dar es salaam city council 2022 tzhclandd 12235 30 august 2022

break point outdoor caterers limited vs dar es salaam city council 2022 tzhclandd 12235 30 august 2022

The absence of evidence that assessors' opinions were read to the parties before judgment, as required by Regulation 19(2), rendered the proceedings and judgment of the trial tribunal null and void.

  • Right to be heard
  • Role of assessors
  • Validity of tribunal proceedings
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
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Criminal law republic vs halfan hassan bwire and 3 others 2021 tzhcced 6678 14 december 2021

republic vs halfan hassan bwire and 3 others 2021 tzhcced 6678 14 december 2021

The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the cautioned statement of the 3rd accused was made voluntarily at Central Police Station, Dar es Salaam, and that procedural defects or discrepancies did not prejudice the accused or vitiate the statement's admissibility.

  • Admissibility of confession
  • Voluntariness of statement
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
  • Burden of proof
  • Police conduct
  • Time limits for recording statements
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Land law 20170908 TZHC Mwanza3

20170908 TZHC Mwanza3

The High Court held that irregular succession of assessors in a District Land and Housing Tribunal vitiated the proceedings and judgment, allowing the appeal.

  • Irregular succession of assessors
  • Jurisdiction of tribunal
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Tribunal-procedure
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Criminal law 20120920 TZCA Arusha

20120920 TZCA Arusha

The absence of a specific committal order by the subordinate court, as required by Section 246(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act, meant the accused was not properly before the High Court, rendering all subsequent proceedings a nullity.

  • Committal proceedings
  • Jurisdiction of the high court
  • Nullity of proceedings
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
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Criminal law 20101008 TZCA Mwanza

20101008 TZCA Mwanza

The Court of Appeal quashed a murder preliminary hearing for noncompliance with section 192, holding the memorandum was not properly read and explained to the accused.

  • Preliminary hearing
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Revisional jurisdiction
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Preliminary-hearing
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Land law 19960216 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19960216 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court partly allowed a tenancy appeal, holding that procedural non-compliance in restoring a dismissed application was an error, but the premises had already been demolished.

  • Tenancy termination
  • Restoration of dismissed applications
  • Compliance with statutory procedure
  • Tenancy-termination
  • Restoration-of-dismissed-applications
  • Civil-procedure
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