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Family law final RULING ANASTAZIA PAUL tanzilii2

final RULING ANASTAZIA PAUL tanzilii2

The High Court dismissed a matrimonial-property appeal after finding the appellant filed submissions outside the court-ordered deadline and had failed to prosecute the appeal.

  • Matrimonial property division
  • Compliance with court orders
  • Failure to prosecute
  • Matrimonial-property-division
  • Failure-to-prosecute
  • Electronic-filing
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Administrative law RULING ISAACK DAUD ELIAS VS MUST Final

RULING ISAACK DAUD ELIAS VS MUST Final

The applicant's failure to file written submissions as ordered by the court constitutes failure to prosecute the application, justifying dismissal for want of prosecution.

  • Judicial review
  • Failure to prosecute
  • Compliance with court orders
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Civil procedure ODETHA RULING

ODETHA RULING

The applicant's failure to pay the requisite court fees within the time set for filing written submissions constituted non-compliance with court orders, amounting to non-appearance and warranting dismissal for want of prosecution.

  • Electronic filing
  • Compliance with court orders
  • Written submissions
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
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Probate Probate No 8 Dr Lamwai Objection Inventory

Probate No 8 Dr Lamwai Objection Inventory

The High Court refused to strike out a late-filed estate inventory, finding the one-day delay caused no prejudice and granting seven days to amend and serve the documents.

  • Estate administration
  • Compliance with court orders
  • Extension of time
  • Procedural irregularities
  • Probate-and-administration
  • Estate-administration
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Civil GOEFREY IBRAHIM Vs

GOEFREY IBRAHIM Vs

Appellant's failure to file written submissions in chief within the prescribed time constituted non-compliance with court orders and is equivalent to failure to prosecute, warranting dismissal of the appeal.

  • Failure to prosecute
  • Written submissions
  • Compliance with court orders
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Civil procedure BAKWATA

BAKWATA

The record shows the respondent was not previously granted leave to file a counter affidavit but only to file a preliminary objection. Therefore, the objection to granting leave is overruled and leave is granted to file the counter affidavit.

  • Leave to file counter affidavit
  • Extension of time
  • Compliance with court orders
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Civil procedure REBECA YUSUPH Failure to file submission

REBECA YUSUPH Failure to file submission

The High Court dismissed a civil appeal for want of prosecution after the appellant failed to file written submissions within the ordered time.

  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Failure to file written submissions
  • Compliance with court orders
  • Dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution
  • Failure-to-file-submissions
  • Court-order-compliance
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Civil procedure EMMANUEL PATRICK SWAI

EMMANUEL PATRICK SWAI

The application was filed within the prescribed time as the 30-day period started running from the day after the court order, and electronic filing rules recognize the date of control number generation as the filing date. Thus, the preliminary objections are overruled.

  • Limitation of actions
  • Electronic filing
  • Compliance with court orders
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Land law secilia vs timorh

secilia vs timorh

The High Court dismissed a land appeal for being filed out of time, holding that amendment of pleadings did not excuse non-compliance with a court order.

  • Limitation of actions
  • Compliance with court orders
  • Appeal procedure
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Limitation-of-actions
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Labour law Ruling Seni

Ruling Seni

The application was dismissed because the applicant failed to file written submissions as ordered, amounting to failure to prosecute.

  • Revision of arbitral award
  • Failure to prosecute
  • Compliance with court orders
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