Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Tanzania decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The appellant failed to strictly prove ownership of the disputed land as required by law, with inconsistencies in pleadings and evidence, and no continuous interest established. The trial tribunal properly analyzed the evidence and the judgment was not illegal for failure to consider assessors’ opinions.
Source excerpt
The trial tribunal committed fundamental procedural errors by failing to record and consider assessors’ opinions as required by law, and by awarding reliefs not founded on the parties’ pleadings. These irregularities vitiated the proceedings and resulted in a miscarriage of justice, warranting the quashing of the judgment and a retrial.
Source excerpt
The High Court allowed a land appeal, held the appellant’s registered title was conclusive, and found the respondent’s sale-chain title invalid.
The High Court dismissed a land appeal, upholding the tribunal’s finding that the respondent owned the disputed 3.5-acre parcel and that no fatal procedural error occurred.
A land appeal over ownership and boundaries was dismissed after the High Court found the tribunal gave reasons for departing from assessors and rightly visited the locus in quo.
The Respondent proved ownership of the suit land on a balance of probabilities through credible and corroborated oral evidence; the principle of adverse possession was inapplicable but not the basis of the trial tribunal's decision; the trial tribunal complied with legal requirements regarding assessors' opinions; lack of documentary evidence did not defeat the Respondent's claim as the land was village/customary land.
Source excerpt
The Tribunal's failure to record and read out the opinion of the assessor, despite proceeding with one assessor, is a fatal procedural irregularity that vitiates the proceedings and renders the judgment and decree a nullity.
Source excerpt
The applicant demonstrated sufficient cause for extension of time based on two illegalities apparent on the face of the record: the matter being res sub judice and the failure of the Court to declare the lawful owner of the suit land. Although the applicant failed to account for 126 days of delay, the presence of these illegalities warrants the grant of extension of time to file notice of appeal.
Source excerpt
The appellate court found that the trial tribunal erred in its evaluation of the evidence by focusing on the absence of a title deed and property tax receipts, rather than the uncontroverted testimony that the appellant's father acquired the property and allowed the respondent's family to reside as invitees. The evidence established that ownership remained with the appellant's father, and the respondent's family were licensees, not owners.
Source excerpt
The High Court allowed a land appeal, holding that the tribunal failed to properly record, consider, and explain departure from assessors’ opinions.
Explore more
