Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Tanzania decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The trial court's judgment and decree were delivered without notifying the parties of the date of delivery, contrary to Order XX Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code. Such a judgment is a nullity, not valid or operative, and cannot be the basis of a competent appeal.
Source excerpt
A judgment delivered in the absence of parties without prior notice is a nullity and cannot be appealed against; such proceedings and resultant orders must be quashed and the matter remitted for a fresh judgment in accordance with the law.
Source excerpt
The Court of Appeal dismissed a review application, holding that the complaints raised were in substance grounds of appeal, not review, and no prejudice or nullity was shown.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an application to review its earlier criminal appeal decision, holding that the complaints raised were grounds of appeal, not review.
Failure to comply with the requirement for assessors' opinions to be given and read to parties before judgment is fatal and renders the trial and judgment a nullity.
Source excerpt
The application for review was dismissed because the applicant failed to establish any manifest error on the face of the record resulting in miscarriage of justice, was not deprived of an opportunity to be heard, and did not demonstrate that the decision was a nullity. The minor clerical error identified did not result in any miscarriage of justice and did not affect the outcome of the original decision.
Source excerpt
The participation of the secretary in the decision-making of the Ward Tribunal is a gross irregularity that renders the judgment null and void, warranting a retrial.
Source excerpt
Failure to afford parties opportunity to address on the point of time limitation amounted to denial of the right to be heard, rendering the judgment and decree a nullity.
Source excerpt
The Court of Appeal held that the trial magistrate unlawfully combined two counts into one at judgment stage, making the judgment a nullity and requiring a fresh judgment.
The trial court's failure to enter a conviction before sentencing was a fatal and incurable irregularity, rendering the judgment and sentence a nullity; consequently, the first appellate court erred in dismissing the appeal and remitting the file for conviction instead of striking out the appeal and directing the trial court to compose a proper judgment.
Source excerpt
Explore more
