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The High Court dismissed a probate appeal for lack of locus standi, holding the appellant had sued in his personal capacity rather than as administrator.
The High Court dismissed an application to correct a judgment date, holding that the court record clearly showed the judgment was delivered on 10 August 2017.
The High Court dismissed an application to extend time for leave to appeal, finding no sufficient grounds where records showed the parties were notified and heard digitally.
The applicant received the decision copy on 16th May 2019 as per tribunal records, and filed the revision on 5th July 2019, which is out of time. No extension was sought, thus the application is dismissed.
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The High Court dismissed an application for extension of time to appeal, holding that delay in obtaining ruling and order copies was not a sufficient reason under the Magistrates' Courts Act.
The High Court held that an unsigned affidavit in the court record was incurably defective and could not be replaced with a signed copy from the parties’ records.
The District Court's confusion in converting a criminal appeal into a civil revision without proper application and the existence of two conflicting judgments warranted the High Court's exercise of revisional powers to quash the proceedings and direct proper judgment typing.
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The confusion caused by the existence of two judgments and the improper conversion of a criminal appeal to civil revision without proper procedure warrants exercise of revisional powers to quash the proceedings and judgments.
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The High Court dismissed a criminal revision application, holding that lack of a judgment copy does not justify revision where appeal is the proper route and missing records were not proven.
The High Court allowed a civil revision application after finding the trial judgment’s pronouncement could not be ascertained from the record, making it invalid.
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