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Contract law KISESA JUDGMENT

KISESA JUDGMENT

The High Court found the defendants misrepresented a mortgaged property sold at auction, making the contract voidable and awarding refund, damages, interest, and costs.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Auction sales
  • Caveat emptor
  • Voidable contracts
  • Land boundaries
  • Auction-sales
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Constitutional law sioi graham solomon vs icbc standard bank plc others 2023 tzhc 19121 10 july 2023

sioi graham solomon vs icbc standard bank plc others 2023 tzhc 19121 10 july 2023

The High Court dismissed a constitutional petition for lack of locus standi, holding the petitioner failed to show personal contravention or grantable relief.

  • Locus standi
  • Public interest litigation
  • Enforcement of constitutional rights
  • Voidable contracts
  • Locus-standi
  • Public-interest-litigation
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Contract law joseph f mbwiliza vs kobwa mohamed lyeeselo msukuma others 2022 tzca 699 10 november 2022

joseph f mbwiliza vs kobwa mohamed lyeeselo msukuma others 2022 tzca 699 10 november 2022

The Court of Appeal held that the appellant breached a written land sale agreement by failing to pay the balance on time, making it voidable, but ordered refund of Tshs. 100,000.

  • Breach of contract
  • Voidable contracts
  • Refund of advance payment
  • Adverse possession
  • Written vs oral agreements
  • Breach-of-contract
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Contract law g investment group vs afriq engineering construction company limited 2022 tzhccomd 146 11 may 2022

g investment group vs afriq engineering construction company limited 2022 tzhccomd 146 11 may 2022

The High Court’s Commercial Division dismissed a claim over a deed of undertaking, finding the agreement voidable for misrepresentation and the claimed debt unproven.

  • Misrepresentation
  • Burden of proof
  • Validity of contract
  • Voidable contracts
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Burden-of-proof
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Contract law alan ernestine 3 others vs johnson lukaza another 2005 tzhccomd 23 25 march 2005

alan ernestine 3 others vs johnson lukaza another 2005 tzhccomd 23 25 march 2005

The High Court found a gold-and-diamond transaction was a scam, ordered restitution of US$93,290.60 with interest, and rejected unproved special damages.

  • Fraudulent misrepresentation
  • Restitution
  • Voidable contracts
  • Specific and general damages
  • Interest on decretal sum
  • Fraudulent-misrepresentation
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Property law 19961210 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19961210 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court held that a sale of family land subject to children’s consent was not concluded because not all children consented. The appeal was dismissed.

  • Sale of family land
  • Requirement of consent
  • Voidable contracts
  • Family-land-sale
  • Consent-to-sale
  • Property-law
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