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Criminal-procedure

Cosmas Mapembe Appeal Struck out

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because the petition was filed about 14 months late and no extension of time had been sought.

  • Appeal-out-of-time
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Extension-of-time
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Limitation-period
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Civil-procedure

mary sengo vs ibrahim kilapo 2023 tzhc 19298 31 may 2023

The High Court struck out an application for a certificate of points of law after finding it was brought under the wrong provision and was therefore incompetent.

  • Appeals-from-primary-courts
  • Certificate-of-point-of-law
  • Wrong-citation-of-law
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Award-of-costs
  • Computation-of-time
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Criminal-law

enock peter vs republic 2023 tzca 127 20 march 2023

The Court of Appeal held that Enock Peter’s high court appeal was not time barred because the period for obtaining proceedings and judgment had to be excluded.

  • Time-bar-in-criminal-appeals
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Right-of-appeal
  • Prisoners'-rights-in-appeal-process
  • Criminal-appeals
  • Time-bar
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Criminal-law

rashid ally v republic 2022 tzhc 17234 13 december 2022

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because it was filed out of time under section 361(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act, with no leave sought.

  • Appeal-out-of-time
  • Unlawful-possession-of-firearms
  • Unlawful-possession-of-ammunitions
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Limitation-period
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Land-law

asunta litali vs filomena majengo 2022 tzhc 9644 31 march 2022

The High Court granted an application to extend time to file a land appeal, holding that delay caused by late supply of judgment was sufficiently explained.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Limitation-period
  • Appeals-from-district-land-and-housing-tribunal
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Land-appeals
  • District-land-and-housing-tribunal
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Civil-procedure

victoria yakobo and another 2021 tzhc 9251 16 december 2021

The High Court dismissed a land appeal as time barred after finding it was filed two days late and that alleged earlier electronic filing was not proved.

  • Appeal-time-limitation
  • Computation-of-limitation-period
  • Electronic-filing
  • Dismissal-for-time-bar
  • Land-appeals
  • Limitation-period-computation
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