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The Court of Appeal deemed a notice of appeal withdrawn after the respondent failed to institute the appeal within time after receiving the necessary documents.
The respondent failed to lodge the appeal within the prescribed sixty-day period after filing the notice of appeal and did not serve the applicant with a copy of the letter requesting appeal documents, constituting failure to take necessary steps to prosecute the appeal; the notice of appeal must be struck out under Rule 89(2) of the Rules.
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The respondent failed to take essential steps required under Rule 90(5) of the Tanzania Court of Appeal Rules by not acting within fourteen days after the expiry of ninety days from the request for documents, regardless of notification from the Registrar, resulting in unjustifiable and inordinate delay warranting striking out the notice of appeal.
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Respondents failed to comply with mandatory requirements to prosecute the appeal within prescribed time and did not provide evidence to benefit from exceptions; therefore, the notice of appeal must be struck out.
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The respondent failed to institute an appeal within the prescribed time and did not provide any explanation or evidence to justify the delay; therefore, the notice of appeal is struck out with costs to the applicant.
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The respondent failed to take essential steps to institute the appeal within the prescribed time, and the delay was unexplained and uncontroverted, justifying the striking out of the notice of appeal with costs to the applicant.
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The respondent failed to take essential steps in prosecuting the appeal by not filing the memorandum and record of appeal within the prescribed time and by not serving the letter requesting proceedings to the applicant; therefore, the notice of appeal must be struck out.
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The notice of appeal was struck out because the respondent failed to institute the appeal within the prescribed time and did not serve the letter requesting proceedings on the applicant, thus could not benefit from the exception to the appeal timeline.
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The Court of Appeal struck out a notice of appeal because the respondent had taken no steps to prosecute the intended appeal after filing it.
The Court of Appeal struck out a notice of appeal because the respondent failed to seek leave in time and took no further steps to prosecute the intended appeal.
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