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Land law selestine ernest v augustine petro 2023 tzhc 21946 20 october 2023

selestine ernest v augustine petro 2023 tzhc 21946 20 october 2023

The High Court nullified land proceedings after the original tribunal record could not be traced, quashing the lower decisions and allowing any fresh suit under current law.

  • Missing court record
  • Nullification of proceedings
  • Revisional jurisdiction
  • Ward tribunal jurisdiction
  • Retrial feasibility
  • Missing-court-record
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Criminal law 20190429 TZHC Mwanza2 1

20190429 TZHC Mwanza2 1

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, nullified the trial proceedings and judgment, and ordered the appellants’ release after finding jurisdictional and record defects.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Defective charge
  • Missing court record
  • Retrial
  • Unlawful possession of government trophies
  • Unlawful entry into national park
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Criminal law 20180928 TZHC Dodoma

20180928 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after the trial record was lost, finding reconstruction impossible after many years and ordering the appellant’s release.

  • Rape
  • Missing court record
  • Appeal procedure
  • Criminal-law
  • Criminal-appeals
  • Missing-record
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Criminal law said shabani vs republic 2018 tzca 202 27 september 2018

said shabani vs republic 2018 tzca 202 27 september 2018

The Court of Appeal held that sufficient efforts had been made to trace a missing trial record, refused further adjournment, and directed the appeal to proceed.

  • Manslaughter
  • Missing court record
  • Right to appeal
  • Fair trial
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Missing-court-record
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Criminal law muhuli so jibunge vs republic 2013 tzhc 2123 22 march 2013

muhuli so jibunge vs republic 2013 tzhc 2123 22 march 2013

The High Court quashed a robbery-with-violence conviction after the original record could not be traced and the applicants had already served 18 years.

  • Robbery with violence
  • Revision
  • Missing court record
  • Retrial
  • Compensation
  • Imprisonment
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Civil procedure 20100210 TZHC Tanga

20100210 TZHC Tanga

The High Court nullified district and primary court proceedings after finding the trial record missing and unreliable, and ordered attached property released.

  • Revision
  • Missing court record
  • Extension of time
  • Nullification of proceedings
  • Civil-procedure
  • Civil-revision
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