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Civil procedure ScannedLAND CASE NO 1525 OF 2024

ScannedLAND CASE NO 1525 OF 2024

The amended plaint introduced a new property, constituting a new case, for which the government had not been served with the requisite 90 days' notice. This renders the suit premature and untenable in law.

  • Notice of intention to sue government
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Prematurity of suit
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Arbitration leisure tours and holidays ltd vs market insight ltd 2022 tzhccomd 406 22 december 2022

leisure tours and holidays ltd vs market insight ltd 2022 tzhccomd 406 22 december 2022

A Tanzanian Commercial Division ruling struck out a suit as premature because the dispute had not first been referred to arbitration under the contract.

  • Arbitration clause enforcement
  • Prematurity of suit
  • Jurisdictional bar
  • Consequential orders
  • Arbitration-clause-enforcement
  • Premature-suit
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Civil procedure mexons energy ltd vs nmb bank plc 2022 tzhccomd 310 30 september 2022

mexons energy ltd vs nmb bank plc 2022 tzhccomd 310 30 september 2022

The High Court struck out Mekons Energy Limited’s commercial suit as prematurely filed, because the land dispute underlying the claim was still pending on appeal.

  • Prematurity of suit
  • Res judicata
  • Res sub judice
  • Specific performance
  • Auction sale
  • Vacant possession
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Civil procedure kawe apartments limited vs exim bank tanzania limited and by way of counter claim exim bank tanzania limited vs kawe apartment and another 2021 tzhclandd 612 17 septem

kawe apartments limited vs exim bank tanzania limited and by way of counter claim exim bank tanzania limited vs kawe apartment and another 2021 tzhclandd 612 17 septem

The counter claim is not res sub judice because the parties and reliefs in the pending Civil Appeal No. 100 of 2020 are not the same as those in the counter claim, and other referenced proceedings have been finalized. The counter claim is also not premature as no condition precedent remains unfulfilled. The preliminary objection is without basis and is overruled.

  • Res sub judice
  • Prematurity of suit
  • Counter claim procedure
  • Mortgage sale
  • Execution of decree
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Civil procedure saida mohamed mbaraka litanda andanother vs equity bank tanzania limited and 4 others 2020 tzhclandd 3965 6 november 2020

saida mohamed mbaraka litanda andanother vs equity bank tanzania limited and 4 others 2020 tzhclandd 3965 6 november 2020

A suit by a third party challenging attachment of property in execution of a decree is premature unless objectional proceedings under Order XXI Rule 57 CPC have been determined on merit.

  • Mortgage validity
  • Attachment of property
  • Spousal consent
  • Execution of decree
  • Prematurity of suit
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Civil procedure bernard malinga vs presidential parastatal sector reform commission psrc another 2003 tzhc 110 14 november 2003

bernard malinga vs presidential parastatal sector reform commission psrc another 2003 tzhc 110 14 november 2003

The High Court struck out an application for leave to sue a specified public corporation, holding it was premature because the applicant had not first proved the claim as required by law.

  • Leave to sue public corporation
  • Proof of debt
  • Prematurity of suit
  • Leave-to-sue-public-corporation
  • Proof-of-debt
  • Prematurity-of-suit
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