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dorina n mkumwa vs edwin david hamis 2018 tzca 221 10 october 2018

The Court of Appeal dismissed a land appeal for lack of a properly certified point of law from the High Court under section 47(2) of the Land Disputes Courts Act.

  • Appeals-from-ward-tribunals
  • Certificate-on-point-of-law
  • Jurisdiction-of-ward-tribunals
  • Certificate-of-point-of-law
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
  • Land-disputes
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Civil-procedure

20120822 TZHC Dodoma 1

The High Court held it had no jurisdiction over an appeal arising from null lower-court proceedings and quashed the Primary and District Court proceedings.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Appellate-procedure
  • Employment-termination
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
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Land-law

atieno torora vs marsela maiko 2012 tzhc 139 6 august 2012

The High Court allowed the land appeal, holding that the District Land and Housing Tribunal relied on the wrong record and restored the Ward Tribunal’s decision.

  • Jurisdiction-of-land-courts
  • Appeals-from-ward-tribunal
  • Effect-of-prior-probate-proceedings
  • Land-law
  • Jurisdiction
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
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Civil-procedure

amos mahalelo vs ally tuwano 2011 tzhc 2172 8 november 2011

The High Court rejected an appeal from a Ward Tribunal dispute, holding the matter was incompetent because the Primary Court’s appeal decision was final under the Ward Tribunal Act.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Appeals-from-ward-tribunals
  • Finality-of-primary-court-decisions
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
  • Primary-court-finality
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil-law

20070209 TZHC Dr es Salaam

The High Court struck out a third-tier land appeal from a Ward Tribunal, holding that such appeals end in the Primary Court unless a point of law is involved.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Appeals-from-ward-tribunals
  • Res-judicata
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
  • Appellate-jurisdiction
  • Land-dispute
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Civil-procedure

20041207 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction, holding that matters originating in the Ward Tribunal end at the district court.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Appeals-from-ward-tribunal
  • Ward-tribunal-appeals
  • Civil-procedure
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