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Land law serena temba vs moses david castico 2023 tzhclandd 15777 28 march 2023

serena temba vs moses david castico 2023 tzhclandd 15777 28 march 2023

High Court land appeal over a disputed plot in Ilala. The court allowed the appeal because an admitted sale agreement should have been regularized for stamp duty before being rejected.

  • Ownership dispute
  • Stamp duty
  • Admissibility of sale agreement
  • Role of assessors' opinions
  • Land-law
  • Stamp-duty
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Land law 20180125 TZHC Mbeya

20180125 TZHC Mbeya

The High Court allowed a land appeal, quashed the tribunal’s judgment, and held the respondent lacked locus standi and had not proved ownership.

  • Locus standi
  • Ownership of land
  • Compensation for trespass
  • Role of assessors' opinions
  • Procedure in land tribunals
  • Land-law
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Land law salum a kikomeko vs hamis kaula another 2017 tzhc 2218 25 may 2017

salum a kikomeko vs hamis kaula another 2017 tzhc 2218 25 may 2017

The appellant's customary right of occupancy was extinguished by the allocation of the surveyed land to the respondents by the Municipal Council, and due to his long absence from the land, he was not entitled to compensation. The tribunal was justified in not following assessors' opinions as it is not bound by them.

  • Customary land rights
  • Allocation of surveyed land
  • Compensation for unexhausted improvements
  • Role of assessors' opinions
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