Edimond Chipango & Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited v Mwansa (Appeal 167 of 2000) [2002] ZMSC 24 (5 June 2002)
The appeal is allowed for the reasons already given in Choka v Chilufya, as the present case raises identical issues and arguments.
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- Citation
- [2002] ZMSC 24
- Parties
- Appellant: Edimond Chipango; 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
- Legal Topics
- Appeal, Costs
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Edimond Chipango
Appellant
Mpelembe Drilling Company Limited
Appellant
Robert Mwansa
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Ruling on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal should be allowed based on precedent set in Choka v Chilufya
Ratio Decidendi
The appeal is allowed for the reasons already given in Choka v Chilufya, as the present case raises identical issues and arguments.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- appeal allowed with costs
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. ----_ .._- ,_._~.- ,.- - - ._---- -~-----