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Labour law arafat benjamin mbilikila vs nmb bank plc 2021 tzhcld 411 13 september 2021

arafat benjamin mbilikila vs nmb bank plc 2021 tzhcld 411 13 september 2021

Failure to file CMA Form No. 10 as required by Regulation 34(1) of the Employment and Labour Relations (General) Regulations, 2017 is a fatal defect that renders the revision application incompetent and subject to being struck out.

  • Condonation for late filing
  • Preliminary objection
  • Mandatory statutory forms
  • Jurisdictional requirements
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Civil procedure fatuma shabani said dololo and another vs abdallah said mgaza 2021 tzhclandd 102 25 march 2021

fatuma shabani said dololo and another vs abdallah said mgaza 2021 tzhclandd 102 25 march 2021

The High Court Land Division struck out a land suit after finding the plaint did not sufficiently describe the disputed property, though it upheld the stated value of the claim.

  • Preliminary objections
  • Description of suit property
  • Jurisdictional requirements
  • Civil-procedure
  • Land-disputes
  • Preliminary-objections
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Civil procedure 20170322 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

20170322 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

The High Court struck out an application for extension of time to appeal, holding that failure to attach a petition of appeal or set out grounds of objection made it incompetent.

  • Extension of time
  • Appeals from primary court
  • Probate and administration
  • Jurisdictional requirements
  • Extension-of-time
  • Appeals
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Criminal law 20151005 TZCA Mtwara

20151005 TZCA Mtwara

The Court of Appeal struck out an application for review because the notice of motion failed to cite the enabling rule, making it incompetent.

  • Review of appellate judgment
  • Non-compliance with procedural rules
  • Jurisdictional requirements
  • Appellate-procedure
  • Judicial-review
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law japhet ngwandu vs republic 2008 tzhc 274 21 april 2008

japhet ngwandu vs republic 2008 tzhc 274 21 april 2008

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal commenced by memorandum instead of petition, holding the defect was jurisdictional and not cured by Article 107A.

  • Corrupt transactions
  • Appeal procedure
  • Jurisdictional requirements
  • Technicalities vs. substantive justice
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Appeal-procedure
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Civil procedure ntogwisango vs principal secretary ministry of finance another 2005 tzca 33 24 june 200

ntogwisango vs principal secretary ministry of finance another 2005 tzca 33 24 june 200

The application is incompetent in law for failure to cite specific sub-rules of the Court Rules in the Notice of Motion, and is also frivolous as the proposed amendment is not substantive. The application is dismissed with costs.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Court procedure
  • Jurisdictional requirements
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Civil procedure 20030304 TZHC Dar es Salaam

20030304 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court dismissed an application to set aside an ex parte judgment because the supporting affidavit was defective and the submissions were filed late.

  • Affidavit defects
  • Setting aside ex parte judgment
  • Verification clause
  • Jurisdictional requirements
  • Civil-procedure
  • Affidavit-defects
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