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Civil procedure RULING SAHARA MEDIAand 3 others v KCB Bank

RULING SAHARA MEDIAand 3 others v KCB Bank

All grounds of preliminary objection fail as they are not pure points of law or lack merit; the amended plaint was filed timely, no necessary parties omitted, amendments were within scope, and jurisdiction issue is functus officio.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Preliminary objections
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Joinder of parties
  • Jurisdiction
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Land law mathayo ole silongoi vs hussein midle 2024 tzhc 24 22 january 2024

mathayo ole silongoi vs hussein midle 2024 tzhc 24 22 january 2024

Amended application was filed out of time and without leave, thus invalid; amendment was only to language, not substance, so prior WSD remained valid; no error material to merits or injustice shown; revision not merited.

  • Revision jurisdiction
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Language of pleadings
  • Written statement of defence
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Labour law jumbo packaging printing industries ltd vs w hassan yahaya 2022 tzhcld 742 28 july 2022

jumbo packaging printing industries ltd vs w hassan yahaya 2022 tzhcld 742 28 july 2022

The High Court rejected a preliminary objection that a labour revision application was time-barred, holding the electronic filing printout proved timely filing.

  • Limitation of actions
  • Electronic filing
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Electronic-filing
  • Limitation-of-actions
  • Timeliness-of-filing
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Criminal law john hilarius nyakibari vs republic 2022 tzca 439 18 july 2022

john hilarius nyakibari vs republic 2022 tzca 439 18 july 2022

The Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal challenging a High Court ruling that had upheld the DPP’s appeal on a notice of appeal filing-date dispute.

  • Notice of appeal
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Forgery
  • Uttering false document
  • Obtaining money by false pretence
  • Criminal-procedure
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Civil procedure CIV

CIV

The appeal was incompetent as the appellant failed to lodge the letter requesting for proceedings within thirty days of the impugned decision, contravening Rule 90(1) of the Tanzania Court of Appeal Rules, 2009. The certificate of delay could not exclude the period between the judgment and the late request, rendering the appeal out of time.

  • Appeal competence
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Settlement deed
  • Right to be heard
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Civil procedure 20131024 TZCA Dar es Salaam

20131024 TZCA Dar es Salaam

The Court of Appeal taxed a bill of costs arising from a civil reference, rejecting timeliness and sub judice objections but reducing the claimed fees.

  • Taxation of costs
  • Instruction fees
  • Timeliness of filing
  • Sub-judice objection
  • Taxation-of-costs
  • Instruction-fees
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