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Civil procedure WAMBURA RULING

WAMBURA RULING

Court
TANZLII

The impugned ruling and proceedings were tainted with fatal legal irregularities, including failure to annex necessary documents to the execution application, lack of clear evidence for lifting the corporate veil, and non-compliance with procedural requirements for detention orders. Therefore, the application for revision was allowed and the lower court's ruling set aside.

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  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Lifting the corporate veil
  • Execution of court decrees
  • Personal liability of company directors
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Criminal law julius rukubingwa vs pili mwizarubi 2022 tzhc 13283 27 september 2022

julius rukubingwa vs pili mwizarubi 2022 tzhc 13283 27 september 2022

Court
TZHC

The district court's decision was flawed because it substituted a conviction for an acquittal in the absence of the respondent, violating section 21(1)(b) of the Magistrate's Courts Act, and convicted the respondent for an offence different from the one charged without justification. These errors warranted nullification of the district court's proceedings and restoration of the primary court's acquittal.

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  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Substitution of conviction for acquittal
  • Right to be heard
  • Typographical error in case number
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Probate julieth jackson severine another vs fedrick kaiza bifanimanya as administrator of the estate of the late jackson severine 2021 tzhc 9463 31 december 2021

julieth jackson severine another vs fedrick kaiza bifanimanya as administrator of the estate of the late jackson severine 2021 tzhc 9463 31 december 2021

Court
TZHC

The High Court held that a revision application from the Primary Court could not be struck out for failing to cite section 22 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act.

  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Application format requirements
  • Citation of enabling provisions
  • Probate
  • Civil-procedure
  • Revision
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Criminal law 20190920 TZHC Arusha

20190920 TZHC Arusha

Court
TZHC

The High Court revised and set aside a prison sentence imposed on a 16-year-old child offender, holding that the imprisonment was unlawful under child-sentencing law.

  • Sentencing of minors
  • Illegal sentence
  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Child-sentencing
  • Criminal-revision
  • Illegal-sentence
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Civil procedure 20190226 TZHC Dar es Salaam

20190226 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Court
TZHC

The High Court granted extension of time to seek revision, holding that an alleged illegality in the lower court ruling was sufficient reason to enlarge time.

  • Extension of time
  • Illegality as ground for extension
  • Right to be heard
  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Extension-of-time
  • Revision
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Criminal law 20180321 TZHC Dar es Salaam1

20180321 TZHC Dar es Salaam1

Court
TZHC

The High Court revised an illegal sentence for unlawful presence under the Immigration Act, set it aside, and ordered the applicant’s release unless otherwise lawfully held.

  • Illegal sentence
  • Unlawful presence
  • Sentencing
  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Illegal-sentence
  • Criminal-revision
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Criminal law 20110913 TZHC Dar es Salaam

20110913 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Court
TZHC

The High Court quashed a District Court decision that had reversed a trespass conviction, restored the Primary Court judgment, and reduced the sentence to three months.

  • Trespass
  • Land ownership
  • Sentencing
  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Criminal-revision
  • Land-law
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Civil procedure ibrahim mohamed vs azizi rais 2006 tzhc 62 24 may 2006

ibrahim mohamed vs azizi rais 2006 tzhc 62 24 may 2006

Court
TZHC

The High Court dismissed an appeal over eviction and electricity charges, holding the appellant had admitted the debt and should have appealed rather than seek revision.

  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Eviction
  • Electricity charges
  • Appealable orders
  • Jurisdiction of primary court
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure 20010412 TZHC Mbeya

20010412 TZHC Mbeya

Court
TZHC

The High Court at Mbeya dismissed an application for extension of time and revision, holding that counsel’s negligence did not amount to sufficient cause for delay.

  • Extension of time
  • Revision of lower court decision
  • Leave to defend counterclaim
  • Attachment and foreclosure procedures
  • Extension-of-time
  • Revision
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