High Court of Zambia - 2015

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Results. 168 judgments found.

168 judgments
June 2015
28 June 2015
28 June 2015
28 June 2015
28 June 2015
28 June 2015
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
Court granted leave for judicial review of prosecution decision and stayed related criminal proceedings pending substantive review.
  • Judicial review — leave to apply — prosecutorial decisions — alleged ultra vires conduct by DPP under Articles 56(3) & (7) — legitimate expectation/duty to consult — arguable case test for leave — stay of prosecution; distinction from prohibition on using civil process to arrest criminal investigations.
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
24 June 2015
24 June 2015
Specific performance against a non‑party title holder refused; title holder awarded possession, damages and restitution for improvements.
  • Property law — Specific performance — Contract enforceability against third parties — Offer letter ‘subject to contract’ does not transfer title; bona fide purchaser protection requires lack of notice; restitution for improvements to prevent unjust enrichment
24 June 2015
24 June 2015
23 June 2015
23 June 2015
23 June 2015
22 June 2015
22 June 2015
Late-filed defence cured as an irregularity prevents default judgment; default judgment allowed against non‑defending party; costs awarded.
  • Civil procedure — Default judgment — Late filing of appearance and defence — Irregularity cured under Order 2 rule 1 — Prima facie triable issues — Scheduling conference — Costs awarded
22 June 2015
22 June 2015
22 June 2015
22 June 2015
17 June 2015
17 June 2015
16 June 2015
A request for account reconciliation is not a clear admission; application for judgment on admissions dismissed.
  • Civil procedure — pleadings on Commercial List — bare/evasive denials — entry of judgment on admission — account reconciliation does not constitute clear admission
16 June 2015
Administrator's vesting order application dismissed for failing to prove a completed sale or meet Section 14 requirements.
  • Property law — vesting order and specific performance — insufficiency of evidence; burden of proof on balance of probabilities; Section 14 High Court Act — defective/undated sale agreement; absence of assignment or proper conveyance
16 June 2015
16 June 2015
16 June 2015
Failure to disclose means and absence of special circumstances warrant refusal of stay and instalment payments after a mortgage judgment.
  • Civil procedure — stay of execution — Order 47 Rule 1(3) Supreme Court Rules — affidavit of means — instalments exceptional — mortgage enforcement — requirement of special circumstances — reliance on Sunday Kawaya v First Alliance Bank
14 June 2015
14 June 2015
Stakeholder designation makes vendor’s advocate liable to both parties; assets sale agreement subject to contract requires joinder of all interested parties.
  • Civil procedure — misjoinder — joinder of interested parties; Conveyancing — vendor’s advocate as stakeholder — stakeholder holds deposit for both parties; Interpretation of contractual terms and interaction of documents made "subject to" one another
10 June 2015
10 June 2015
9 June 2015
9 June 2015
Court dismissed defendants' security-for-costs application, finding plaintiffs ordinarily resident and immigration issues premature.
  • Civil procedure — security for costs (Order 40 R7–R8; Order 23 R1) — ordinary residence — interlocutory relief — immigration permits not dispositive at interlocutory stage
9 June 2015
9 June 2015
4 June 2015
4 June 2015
4 June 2015
Section 276 does not permit staying a winding-up petition; a stay of winding-up arises under s296 only after a winding-up order.
  • Companies Act s276 — scope of stay powers; s296 — stay of winding-up after winding-up order; competence of interlocutory applications; necessity to plead correct statutory authority; winding-up procedure
4 June 2015
Petitioner failed to prove irretrievable breakdown or unreasonable behaviour; petition dismissed with costs.
  • Matrimonial Causes Act — irretrievable breakdown — unreasonable behaviour — onus on petitioner to particularise allegations — continued cohabitation post-petition — petitioner’s misconduct (affair) as cause — loss of interest not a ground.
3 June 2015
3 June 2015
3 June 2015
Application for stay and instalments refused for failure to disclose means and absence of special circumstances.
  • Civil procedure — Stay of execution; payment by instalments — Order 47 Rule 1(3) (Supreme Court Rules) — affidavit must disclose income, property and liabilities — mortgage judgment — instalments require good cause/special circumstances — reference: Sunday Kawaya v First Alliance Bank Zambia Ltd
2 June 2015
2 June 2015
1 June 2015
1 June 2015
May 2015
31 May 2015