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The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against refusal to extend time to appeal, holding that illness was not shown to be sufficient cause for the long delay.
The High Court dismissed a land revision application, holding that a spelling error in the applicant’s name did not cause prejudice or a failure of justice.
The court overruled the preliminary objection, holding that citing the wrong provision is not fatal where substantial justice requires hearing the case on merit, especially in light of the overriding objective principle.
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The High Court dismissed an application for revision, holding that alleged procedural irregularities in a summary suit did not occasion injustice.
The Court of Appeal upheld dismissal of a land dispute appeal, holding that an unrecorded presiding member did not invalidate Ward Tribunal proceedings absent a failure of justice.
The record of appeal is incompetent for contravening Rules 96(1) and 96(4) of the Tanzania Court of Appeal Rules, 2009 due to missing and misplaced documents. Rule 2 and Article 107A(2)(e) do not permit departure from mandatory procedural requirements in this case. The appeal and related applications must be struck out.
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The EACJ Appellate Division upheld leave to adduce additional evidence, finding the trial court properly exercised discretion and that no unfair prejudice was shown.
Failure to serve the respondent with the record of appeal is a fundamental breach of the Rules that cannot be cured by invoking Rule 2; the appeal is incompetent and must be struck out.
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Once a consent decree is entered by a competent court, that court becomes functus officio and cannot set aside the decree by application; the only remedy is by instituting a fresh suit. The High Court judge (Twaib, J.) erred in setting aside the consent decree by application, and the Court of Appeal has the power to correct this illegality by revision.
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The omission of agreed framed issues and a complete exhibit from the record of appeal, without leave of the court or registrar, is a fatal procedural defect that cannot be cured by invoking substantive justice; the appeal is incompetent and must be struck out.
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