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Legal profession [2025] ZMCA 130

Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc and Anor v Keren Motors Limited (Application No.37/2025)

Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc and Anor v Keren Motors Limited (Application No.37/2025) [2025] ZMCA 130 (4 November 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal of Zambia
Case number
Application No.37/2025

The Court of Appeal set aside a single judge’s recusal order and held that the applicants’ law firm was not shown to have a real conflict of interest.

  • Conflict of interest
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Advocate disqualification
  • Receivership proceedings
  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Advocate-disqualification
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Civil procedure [2025] ZMCA 168

Raymond West Evans v Loanco Limited (APPEAL NO. 51 OF 2025)

Raymond West Evans v Loanco Limited (APPEAL NO. 51 OF 2025) [2025] ZMCA 168 (31 October 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal of Zambia
Case number
APPEAL NO. 51 OF 2025

The Court of Appeal held that filing a writ during Michaelmas vacation without leave was a jurisdictional defect, not a curable irregularity, and allowed costs to the respondent.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedural irregularity
  • Court vacations
  • Costs
  • Civil-procedure
  • Procedural-irregularity
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Criminal law [2025] ZMSUB 2

The People v Patrick Kafula and Ors (SSPEI062121)

The People v Patrick Kafula and Ors (SSPEI062121) [2025] ZMSUB 2 (28 October 2025)

Court
Subordinate Court of Zambia
Case number
SSPEI062121

Subordinate Court criminal judgment on hacking, theft and money laundering allegations involving Atlas Mara Bank, resulting in conviction.

  • Theft
  • Money laundering
  • Unauthorized access
  • Conspiracy to defraud
  • Criminal-law
  • Cybercrime
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Civil procedure [2025] ZMSC 28

Konkola Copper Mines Plc v The Attorney General and Ors (APPEAL NO. 09/2024)

Konkola Copper Mines Plc v The Attorney General and Ors (APPEAL NO. 09/2024) [2025] ZMSC 28 (27 October 2025)

Court
Supreme Court of Zambia
Case number
APPEAL NO. 09/2024

The Supreme Court refused fresh evidence about a mining licence, finding it available earlier and irrelevant to the appeal’s procedural issue.

  • Admission of fresh evidence on appeal
  • Mode of commencement of actions
  • Mining licences
  • Arbitral awards
  • Fresh-evidence-on-appeal
  • Mining-licences
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Civil procedure [2025] ZMCA 129

Kateryna Valashenko v Alexandre Ivavovich Nikichaev (APPEAL No. 349/ 2024)

Kateryna Valashenko v Alexandre Ivavovich Nikichaev (APPEAL No. 349/ 2024) [2025] ZMCA 129 (23 October 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal of Zambia
Case number
APPEAL No. 349/ 2024

The Court of Appeal upheld refusal to extend time for an affidavit, found a misdescription in an affidavit was not material, and dismissed the appeal with costs.

  • Extension of time
  • Affidavit defects
  • Costs
  • Judicial discretion
  • Civil-procedure
  • Extension-of-time
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Land law [2025] ZMHC 103

George Mumba and Anor v Lawrence Malundu and Anor (2021/HP/0497)

George Mumba and Anor v Lawrence Malundu and Anor (2021/HP/0497) [2025] ZMHC 103 (22 October 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2021/HP/0497

The High Court held that the defendants had no legal interest in Plot 654, voided a 2013 purchase arrangement, and confirmed the second plaintiff’s title.

  • Bona fide purchaser
  • Mesne profits
  • Illegal occupation
  • Agency
  • Trusts
  • Government pool housing
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Property law [2025] ZMHC 97

Mnonoki Msebenzi and Anor v Sara Ngwenya (2022/HP/0179)

Mnonoki Msebenzi and Anor v Sara Ngwenya (2022/HP/0179) [2025] ZMHC 97 (17 October 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2022/HP/0179

The Defendant failed to substantially perform the contract for sale of land, having only paid minor amounts towards the purchase price and not completing the transaction. She therefore had no enforceable interest to justify the caveat or to warrant specific performance. The only sums to be refunded are those paid directly at the Plaintiffs' request. The Plaintiffs failed to prove damages for frustration of a subsequent sale. Each party to bear its own costs.

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  • Sale of land
  • Specific performance
  • Caveats
  • Damages
  • Rescission of contract
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Land law [2025] ZMHC 96

NATIONAL PENSIONS AUTHORITY v PHIRI (2022/HP/0367)

NATIONAL PENSIONS AUTHORITY v PHIRI (2022/HP/0367) [2025] ZMHC 96 (10 October 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2022/HP/0367

The High Court granted National Pensions Authority leave to issue a writ of possession after finding the respondent had notice, defaulted on a consent judgment, and remained in occupation.

  • Writ of possession
  • Rental arrears
  • Enforcement of judgment
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Writ-of-possession
  • Rental-arrears
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Criminal law [2025] ZMHC 84

The People v Matthews Musonda and Ors (HP/316/2024)

The People v Matthews Musonda and Ors (HP/316/2024) [2025] ZMHC 84 (10 October 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
HP/316/2024

High Court murder judgment: A1 and A2 were acquitted for unreliable identification, while A3 and A4 were convicted on circumstantial evidence and recent possession.

  • Murder
  • Identification evidence
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Confessions
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Identification-evidence
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