High Court of Zambia - 2018 January

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62 judgments
January 2018
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30 January 2018
Default judgment set aside under Order 20(3) as proposed defence disclosed triable issues; defendant ordered to pay costs.
  • Civil procedure — setting aside default judgment — Order 20 r.3 — requirement to show reasonable explanation for non‑appearance — proposed defence discloses triable issues — costs awarded.
30 January 2018
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Whether a mortgage action is dismissible as duplicative when a prior counterclaim was later discontinued.
  • Civil procedure — multiplicity/duplicity of actions — Section 13 High Court Act; Order 14A(1) White Book — counterclaim as separate action — discontinuance may cure multiplicity — distinct transactions and parties required for dismissal.
29 January 2018
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24 January 2018
A Mareva injunction was justified where the applicant showed real risk of the respondent dissipating diverted contractual proceeds.
  • Mareva injunction; interlocutory freezing order; test — debt due and real risk of dissipation; diversion of proceeds; ex parte injunction to subsist pending trial.
24 January 2018
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23 January 2018
23 January 2018
23 January 2018
Applicant validly converted staff loan to commercial terms; respondent defaulted; judgment entered and foreclosure authorised.
  • Mortgage enforcement — Conversion of staff loan to commercial terms permitted by facility agreement — Variation of interest rates and notification by clause — Statement of account and banker's duty to disclose — Non‑retrospective application of Banking and Financial Services Act 2017 — Foreclosure and sale on default.
23 January 2018
Bank validly commercialised staff loan with contractual notice of interest variation; defendant in default and mortgage enforcement ordered.
  • Mortgage law — conversion of staff loan to commercial terms on termination — contractual notice of interest variation — adequacy of statements of account — foreclosure remedy — non-retrospectivity of Banking and Financial Services Act 2017.
23 January 2018
22 January 2018
22 January 2018
22 January 2018
18 January 2018
Bank entitled to foreclosure where borrower remained in default; overdraft for arrears did not bar enforcement.
  • Mortgage law — default and foreclosure — overdraft to cover arrears does not necessarily restructure or refinance original loan; contractual right to demand full payment on default; equitable right of redemption; foreclosure, possession, sale and Registrar-executed transfer under Section 14.
17 January 2018
An ex-parte injunction granting unpleaded relief is irregular and may be discharged; defective affidavits are curable and must be refiled.
  • Civil procedure — Ex parte injunction — order containing relief not prayed for — irregularity and abuse of process — Affidavit in Reply containing legal argument, law and conclusions contrary to Order 5 rules 15 & 16 — regulatory breach curable — court’s discretion to set aside ex parte orders; Order 3 r.2 limited to court’s power, not party expansion of relief.
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