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Civil procedure [2024] ZMHC 98

Chrine Hapompwe v Cassidy Mukuka (2019/HP/0905)

Chrine Hapompwe v Cassidy Mukuka (2019/HP/0905) [2024] ZMHC 98 (31 May 2024)

The High Court held it had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the Registrar’s assessment of interest, set aside the consent order, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Jurisdiction of appeals
  • Assessment of damages
  • Interest on judgment debt
  • Consent orders
  • Functus officio
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMCA 112

William Aidoo (Sued as Chairperson for Expatriate Teachers Committee) v Final Frontiers Africa Holdings Limited (Sued as Consultant for Expatriate Teachers Committee) (APPEAL NO. 244/2023)

William Aidoo (Sued as Chairperson for Expatriate Teachers Committee) v Final Frontiers Africa Holdings Limited (Sued as Consultant for Expatriate Teachers Committee) (APPEAL NO. 244/2023) [2024] ZMCA 112 (31 May 2024)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against an order that money due to expatriate teachers be paid into court, holding the parties had been heard and the unapproved consent order had no effect.

  • Payment into court
  • Injunctions against the state
  • Consent orders
  • Attachment of debts
  • Payment-into-court
  • Consent-orders
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Employment law [2024] ZMHC 105

Innocent Kabamba v Star Tech Communication Limited (2022/HPIR/0864)

Innocent Kabamba v Star Tech Communication Limited (2022/HPIR/0864) [2024] ZMHC 105 (31 May 2024)

The High Court held that the employee was unfairly and wrongfully dismissed for performance reasons without a hearing and without following the contract’s warning procedure.

  • Unfair dismissal
  • Wrongful dismissal
  • Employment contract
  • Damages
  • Overtime pay
  • Unfair-dismissal
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMHC 111

Solwezi Dairy Farm Limited v Solwezi District Council and Ors (2017/HP/1020)

Solwezi Dairy Farm Limited v Solwezi District Council and Ors (2017/HP/1020) [2024] ZMHC 111 (30 May 2024)

The High Court refused post-judgment joinder and a stay of execution after a consent judgment, holding it was functus officio and no good grounds were shown.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Stay of execution
  • Consent judgment
  • Functus officio
  • Locus standi
  • Joinder-of-parties
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMHC 87

Anslem Silwamba (Suing as Administrator of the estate of the late Kenani Silwamba Silverius) v Kalahari Trans Zambia Limited and Anor (2022/HP/1903)

Anslem Silwamba (Suing as Administrator of the estate of the late Kenani Silwamba Silverius) v Kalahari Trans Zambia Limited and Anor (2022/HP/1903) [2024] ZMHC 87 (30 May 2024)

The High Court reviewed and set aside its earlier dismissal for want of prosecution, finding the plaintiff’s partial compliance with pre-trial directions was enough.

  • Review of court orders
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Compliance with court directions
  • Civil-procedure
  • Review-of-orders
  • Dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMCA 349

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BANK v VENTRIGLIA AND OTHERS (APP NO. 12/2024)

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BANK v VENTRIGLIA AND OTHERS (APP NO. 12/2024) [2024] ZMCA 349 (29 May 2024)

The Court of Appeal refused to join the Attorney General as intervenor in an appeal over a consent judgment and immunity issues, finding no sufficient interest.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Immunity from suit
  • Interpretation of international treaties
  • Consent judgments
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Attorney-general-intervention
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Customary law [2024] ZMCA 113

Dominic Timuna Kahare v Justin Kahare (APPEAL NO. 60/2023)

Dominic Timuna Kahare v Justin Kahare (APPEAL NO. 60/2023) [2024] ZMCA 113 (29 May 2024)

The Court of Appeal set aside a ruling decided under Order 14A, holding that disputed facts about chieftaincy succession required a full trial.

  • Order 14a determination
  • Chieftaincy succession
  • Recognition of chiefs
  • Customary law versus statutory law
  • Order-14a
  • Chieftaincy-succession
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMCA 110

Bornface Mutale v Nkana Water Supply and Sanitation (APPEAL NO. 265/2023)

Bornface Mutale v Nkana Water Supply and Sanitation (APPEAL NO. 265/2023) [2024] ZMCA 110 (29 May 2024)

A civil appeal over a late-filed defence and amendment was dismissed, with the court holding the defence was properly on record and could be amended.

  • Default judgment
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Court orders
  • Procedural technicalities
  • Civil-procedure
  • Default-judgment
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Civil procedure [2024] ZMHC 91

Elias Tembo v Vivon Investments Limited and Ors (2018/HP/1725)

Elias Tembo v Vivon Investments Limited and Ors (2018/HP/1725) [2024] ZMHC 91 (29 May 2024)

The High Court of Zambia allowed an appeal against striking out a claim, holding the pleadings disclosed a reasonable cause of action and should proceed to trial.

  • Striking out pleadings
  • Reasonable cause of action
  • Conspiracy to defraud
  • Trespass to goods
  • Striking-out-pleadings
  • Reasonable-cause-of-action
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