Edimond Chipango & Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited v Mwansa (Appeal 167 of 2000) [2000] ZMSC 42 (5 June 2000)
The appeal is allowed for the reasons already given in Choka v Chilufya, as the present case is identical in issues and arguments.
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- Citation
- [2000] ZMSC 42
- Parties
- 1st Appellant: Edimond Chipango; 2nd Appellant: Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited; Respondent: Robert Mwansa
- Court
- Supreme Court of Zambia
- Jurisdiction
- Zambia
- Case Number
- Appeal 167 of 2000
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Ruling on Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal allowed with costs
- Legal Topics
- Appeal, Costs
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Edimond Chipango
1st Appellant
Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited
2nd Appellant
Robert Mwansa
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Ruling on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal should be allowed based on the precedent set in Choka v Chilufya, Appeal No. 132 of 2000
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal is allowed for the reasons already given in Choka v Chilufya, as the present case is identical in issues and arguments.
Court Disposition
Appeal allowed with costs
Orders
- Appeal allowed
- Costs awarded to the appellants
Full Case Text
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--:~-CC;;;;C/~------------------------------------ ---;;:,.. -; ;,.~. y. /' IN THE SUPREME COURT FOR ZAMBIA APPEAL NO. 167 OF 2000 HOLDEN AT NDOLA (Civil Jurisdiction) BETWEEN: EDIMOND CillPANGO MPELEMBE DRILLING COMPANY LIMITED AND ROBERT MW ANSA CORAM: Ngulube, CJ, Sakala and Chitengi, JJS. On 5" June, 2002 I" APPELLANT 2"" APPELLANT RESPONDENT For the appeUant - Mrs. L. Mbaluku, Messrs L. K. Mbaluku and Company For the respondent - No appearance RULING Ngulube, CJ, delivered the ruling of the Court. Case referred to;- I. Choka -v- Chilufya, Appeal No. 132 of 2000. We have considered this matter which is on all fours with the case ofCHOKA -v- CHILUFY A, Appeal No. 132 of 2000 whose judgment has just been delivered and where the very same issues and argwnents were advanced. We repeat what we said in that case. - ---"- ---.---~..:....:-::... - ._- _ .. '. './ ;". ~ In the premisses for the reasons already given in the case of Choka, the appeal is allowed with costs. ................. M. M. S. W. Ngulu CHIEF JUSTICE • , .........~ ,' . E. L. Sakala, SUPREME COURT JUDGE. ----_ .._- ,_._~.- ,.- - - ._---- -~-----