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Administrative law mbaraka yahaya ramadhani vs district executive director of bagamoyo district council and another 2022 tzhc 670 17 march 2022

mbaraka yahaya ramadhani vs district executive director of bagamoyo district council and another 2022 tzhc 670 17 march 2022

The High Court granted leave for judicial review over the suspension of a primary mining licence, finding the applicant had shown a prima facie case.

  • Judicial review
  • Mandamus
  • Prohibition
  • Ultra vires
  • Licensing
  • Local government powers
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Property law hosea katampa vs ministry of energy minerals others 2018 tzca 225 2 october 2018

hosea katampa vs ministry of energy minerals others 2018 tzca 225 2 october 2018

The Court of Appeal held that mineral rights require statutory licensing, dismissed the appellant’s ownership claim, and allowed the cross-appeal on the disputed mining area.

  • Mineral rights
  • Land ownership
  • Licensing
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Allocation of mining rights
  • Mineral-rights
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Land law 20161122 TZHC Mwanza

20161122 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court dismissed an appeal over lake-shore land, holding the appellant was an unlawful occupier and the respondent had a valid local authority licence.

  • Protected areas
  • Land allocation
  • Licensing
  • Compensation for crops
  • Trespass
  • Land-law
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Administrative law 19960809 TZHC Dar es Salaam 1

19960809 TZHC Dar es Salaam 1

Judicial review of a fisheries licensing refusal partly succeeded, with the High Court ordering reconsideration of the licence application without bias.

  • Judicial review
  • Certiorari
  • Mandamus
  • Licensing
  • Discretionary powers
  • Bias and discrimination
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Criminal law NA TZHC Dar es Salaam 12

NA TZHC Dar es Salaam 12

The High Court held that timber removed before measurement and marking by a forest officer was unlawfully obtained, despite a valid licence.

  • Forest offences
  • Licensing
  • Forfeiture
  • Sentencing
  • Forest-offences
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Criminal law 19710821 TZHC Arusha

19710821 TZHC Arusha

The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal over unlawful possession of wildlife trophies, quashing one zebra-skin conviction but upholding others where evidence proved unlawful possession.

  • Unlawful possession
  • Wildlife trophy
  • Licensing
  • Evidence
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law 19700727 TZHC Dar es salaam

19700727 TZHC Dar es salaam

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed a conviction for selling intoxicating liquor without a licence, and ordered the fine and forfeiture returned.

  • Appeal
  • Conviction
  • Intoxicating liquor
  • Licensing
  • Criminal-law
  • Criminal-appeal
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