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December 2015
Mkonda v Barclays Bank Zambia PLC (HP 1287 of 2009) [2015] ZMHC 166 (31 December 2015)
A bank put on enquiry must take reasonable steps to protect a customer’s account; failure warrants reimbursement, interest and damages.
  • Banking law — ATM withdrawals — bank’s duty once put on enquiry — fiduciary duty and reasonable care; ATM skimming and investigations; charge‑back reversal; liability for unauthorized ATM transactions; damages for inconvenience and negligent handling of customer complaint.
31 December 2015
African Banking Corporation Zambia Limited v Chakaka Village Country House Limited and Others (HPC 122 of 2015) [2015] ZMHC 165 (9 December 2015)
Bank mortgage claim and borrowers syndication-based counterclaim arise from separate transactions; counterclaim severed for separate trial.
  • Civil procedure — Order 15 r.5(2) White Book — discretion to strike out or sever counterclaim; mortgage actions vs separate syndication agreement; effect of entire agreement clause; Pandoliker precedent considered; functus officio argument rejected.
9 December 2015
Indo-Zambia Bank Limited v Fucho Transport Limited and Another (HPC 214 of 2015) [2015] ZMHC 164 (7 December 2015)
Bank granted judgment for outstanding overdraft and authorized foreclosure sale of mortgaged property after six-month default.
  • Civil procedure — Originating summons (Order 30 Rule 14) — Default judgment where no opposing affidavit filed; Mortgage law — overdraft facility secured by mortgage — quantification of debt and contractual interest; Power of sale/foreclosure — authorization to sell without further court order after default; Sale to be publicly advertised and surplus refunded to mortgagor.
7 December 2015
Mandona v Malama (HP 1807 of 2014) [2015] ZMHC 163 (4 December 2015)
Whether the Lands Tribunal Act ousts the High Court's original jurisdiction in land matters.
  • Lands Tribunal Act (ss.4,16) — Whether the Act ousts the High Court's original jurisdiction in land matters — Scope of Lands Tribunal's jurisdiction — Jurisdictional limits and prerogative remedies.
4 December 2015