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Land law boay amsi vs faustin dahaye 2023 tzhc 21291 29 september 2023

boay amsi vs faustin dahaye 2023 tzhc 21291 29 september 2023

The High Court dismissed an appeal challenging refusal to extend time to seek revision in a land dispute, finding the delay unexplained and sickness unproved.

  • Extension of time
  • Jurisdiction of tribunals
  • Procedural irregularities
  • Illegality as ground for extension
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Appellate jurisdiction
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Land law rosemary margwe vs magreth giray 2022 tzhc 15661 14 december 2022

rosemary margwe vs magreth giray 2022 tzhc 15661 14 december 2022

The High Court dismissed a land appeal, upholding the lower tribunals on jurisdiction, mediation, quorum, and evidence, and ordered costs against the appellant.

  • Jurisdiction of ward tribunals
  • Mediation requirement
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Evaluation of evidence
  • Legal reasoning in judgments
  • Land-disputes
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Land law rosemary margwe vs mgreth giry 2022 tzhc 15127 14 december 2022

rosemary margwe vs mgreth giry 2022 tzhc 15127 14 december 2022

The appeal lacks merit as the ward tribunal had jurisdiction, mediation was not mandatory due to parties' unwillingness, quorum was met, evidence was properly evaluated, and legal reasoning was present.

  • Jurisdiction of ward tribunal
  • Mediation requirement
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Evaluation of evidence
  • Legal reasoning
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Land law lameck ndalu vs jeni matonya 2021 tzhc 9435 7 december 2021

lameck ndalu vs jeni matonya 2021 tzhc 9435 7 december 2021

The High Court dismissed a land appeal over disputed ownership, finding the respondent’s evidence stronger and holding that a quorum issue caused no injustice.

  • Adverse possession
  • Natural justice
  • Standard of proof
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
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Land law 20170915 TZHC Mwanza

20170915 TZHC Mwanza

Second appeal in a land dispute allowed after the High Court found the lower tribunals misapprehended evidence about a land sale versus a loan secured by collateral.

  • Sale of land
  • Loan agreement
  • Collateral
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Appellate review
  • Land-law
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Land law 20161027 TZHC Mwanza

20161027 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court allowed a land appeal, holding that failure to disclose the ward tribunal quorum was a fatal irregularity that made the proceedings and judgment null and void.

  • Tribunal constitution
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Validity of proceedings
  • Ex-parte hearing
  • Sale of property by person of unsound mind
  • Tribunal-quorum
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Land law 20160927 TZHC Dodoma

20160927 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court quashed Ward Tribunal and District Land and Housing Tribunal proceedings after finding the Ward Tribunal record did not show quorum at each sitting.

  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Validity of proceedings
  • Locus standi
  • Revisional powers
  • Land-law
  • Tribunal-quorum
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Land law 20160923 TZHC Mwanza2

20160923 TZHC Mwanza2

The High Court quashed a Ward Tribunal land case and the District Land and Housing Tribunal decision for lack of quorum and lack of pecuniary jurisdiction.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Pecuniary jurisdiction
  • Land ownership
  • Appeal procedure
  • Land-law
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Land law 20160902 TZHC Dodoma

20160902 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court dismissed an appeal in a land dispute, holding that the appellant lacked locus standi without letters of administration and that the Ward Tribunal was improperly constituted.

  • Locus standi
  • Letters of administration
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Fair trial
  • Clan land ownership
  • Land-law
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Land law 20160624 TZHC Mwanza

20160624 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court allowed a land appeal, holding that the tribunal sat without the required quorum and unlawfully turned an extension-of-time application into revision proceedings.

  • Extension of time
  • Revision proceedings
  • Quorum of tribunal
  • Right to be heard
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
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