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Civil procedure [2025] ZMCA 94

Skyview Hotel (Chingola) Limited and Anor v Klapton Reinsurance Limited and 3 Ors (CAZ/08/450/2024)

Skyview Hotel (Chingola) Limited and Anor v Klapton Reinsurance Limited and 3 Ors (CAZ/08/450/2024) [2025] ZMCA 94 (23 July 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal of Zambia
Case number
CAZ/08/450/2024

The appellants were properly notified of the taxation proceedings but failed to object or appear. The court, guided by precedent and statutory rules, taxed the bill of costs on a standard basis, allowing only those costs deemed reasonably incurred.

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  • Taxation of costs
  • Costs in arbitration
  • Party-to-party costs
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Case law [2025] ZMHC 57

Sitali Sawoya Simbule and Anor v MTN Zambia Limited (2022/HK/602)

Sitali Sawoya Simbule and Anor v MTN Zambia Limited (2022/HK/602) [2025] ZMHC 57 (23 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2022/HK/602

High Court of Zambia judgment in Sitali Sawoya Simbule and Anor v MTN Zambia Limited, decided on 23 July 2025. The supplied record contains citation and case metadata only.

  • Legal-procedure
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Company law [2025] ZMHC 53

Precious Chisebuka and 2 Ors v Kaleya Smallholders Company Ltd and 4 Ors (2024/HPC/0855)

Precious Chisebuka and 2 Ors v Kaleya Smallholders Company Ltd and 4 Ors (2024/HPC/0855) [2025] ZMHC 53 (23 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2024/HPC/0855

The application was commenced by the wrong procedure (Originating Notice of Application instead of Originating Summons), depriving the court of jurisdiction. Even if considered on merit, the applicants failed to establish a prima facie case that the proposed action is in the interest of the company or that any wrongdoing was inflicted on the company. The 2nd respondent is not in liquidation, so leave is not required to sue it.

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  • Derivative actions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Shareholder rights
  • Mode of commencement
  • Liquidation and possession
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Evidence [2025] ZMHC 88

Centelon Pty Limited and Ors v Higher Education Loans and Scholarship Board (2025/HPC/0014)

Centelon Pty Limited and Ors v Higher Education Loans and Scholarship Board (2025/HPC/0014) [2025] ZMHC 88 (22 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2025/HPC/0014

The High Court of Zambia held that an unauthenticated witness statement executed outside Zambia could not be used as evidence and sustained the defendant’s objection.

  • Authentication of foreign documents
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Witness statements
  • Authentication-of-foreign-documents
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Witness-statements
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Contract law [2025] ZMHC 51

Propark Property Development Limited v Grandview Properties Limited (2022/HPC/0011)

Propark Property Development Limited v Grandview Properties Limited (2022/HPC/0011) [2025] ZMHC 51 (22 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2022/HPC/0011

High Court held the contract was for the unexpired residue of a lease, not full title. The defendant’s mistake defence failed; rescission and forfeiture were ordered.

  • Breach of contract
  • Rescission
  • Forfeiture of deposit
  • Damages
  • Leasehold interests
  • Mistake in contract
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Civil procedure [2025] ZMHC 70

MG Commodities Zambia Limited and Anor v Bluecrest Resources AG Pty and 3 Ors (2024/HP/0341)

MG Commodities Zambia Limited and Anor v Bluecrest Resources AG Pty and 3 Ors (2024/HP/0341) [2025] ZMHC 70 (22 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2024/HP/0341

The High Court confirmed a Mareva injunction over a company account, applying Chabra principles, but only if the plaintiffs file an undertaking as to damages.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Conversion
  • Money had and received
  • Company law
  • Freezing orders
  • Mareva-injunction
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Employment law [2025] ZMHC 150

Laban Botha v National Roads Fund Agency (2023/ HN/IR/69)

Laban Botha v National Roads Fund Agency (2023/ HN/IR/69) [2025] ZMHC 150 (17 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2023/ HN/IR/69

The High Court partly upheld a complaint, finding dismissal was neither wrongful nor unfair, but allowing payment of accrued leave days. Severance pay, costs, and other claims were refused.

  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Severance pay
  • Accrued leave
  • Disciplinary procedure
  • Wrongful-dismissal
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Insurance law [2025] ZMCA 95

Advance Transport Limited v Landmark Carriers Limted and Anor (APPEAL NO. 143 OF 2023)

Advance Transport Limited v Landmark Carriers Limted and Anor (APPEAL NO. 143 OF 2023) [2025] ZMCA 95 (17 July 2025)

Court
Court of Appeal of Zambia
Case number
APPEAL NO. 143 OF 2023

The appellant failed to provide authenticated proof of repair costs as required by law, and did not allow the respondents to assess the damage or obtain local quotations. The insurance policy limited the 2nd respondent's liability to K30,000.00. The invoice from South Africa was inadmissible for lack of authentication. While the appellant established liability for negligence, it failed to prove the quantum of damages, warranting only nominal damages against the 1st respondent.

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  • Third party insurance
  • Negligence
  • Damages
  • Authentication of foreign documents
  • Assessment of damages
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Employment law [2025] ZMHC 48

SGC Investments Limited v Mary Mwansa (2024/HN/CA/19)

SGC Investments Limited v Mary Mwansa (2024/HN/CA/19) [2025] ZMHC 48 (14 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
2024/HN/CA/19

The Respondent, being a permanent and pensionable employee who resigned, is not entitled to severance pay under Section 54(1)(c) of the Employment Code Act, 2019, as that provision applies only to fixed duration contracts. The lower court erred in awarding severance pay and in failing to follow binding appellate authority. The order for security for costs was reasonable and within the lower court's discretion.

Source excerpt

  • Severance pay
  • Jurisdiction
  • Security for costs
  • Mode of commencement
  • Doctrine of stare decisis
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Criminal law [2025] ZMHC 50

Samson Musenge and Philimon Daka v the People (HPA/39/2024)

Samson Musenge and Philimon Daka v the People (HPA/39/2024) [2025] ZMHC 50 (14 July 2025)

Court
High Court of Zambia
Case number
HPA/39/2024

Appeal against convictions for unlawful possession of a protected pangolin succeeded. The High Court found the prosecution failed to prove knowledge or possession beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Unlawful possession of protected animal
  • Burden of proof
  • Evidence
  • Possession
  • Acquittal
  • Criminal-appeal
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