High Court of Zambia - 2018

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247 judgments
December 2018
19 December 2018
14 December 2018
3 December 2018
November 2018
27 November 2018
26 November 2018
3 November 2018
October 2018
15 October 2018
15 October 2018
11 October 2018
September 2018
28 September 2018
20 September 2018
14 September 2018
August 2018
17 August 2018
July 2018
Court quashed verbal timber export ban for illegality, ordered licences issued; damages claim dismissed.
  • Judicial review — Forests Act (ss. 50, 53, 62) — Illegality and procedural impropriety for failure to give written notice and show cause — Ministerial verbal export ban unsupported by statute — Mandamus to statutory officer to issue/renew licences — Damages/compensation dismissed; s.56(1)(b) bars compensation.
28 July 2018
16 July 2018
11 July 2018
June 2018
Claim for commission dismissed where claimant acted as unregistered estate agent and gave inconsistent evidence.
  • Estate Agents Act s.36 — unregistered person holding out as estate agent — prohibition on practising without registration; evidentiary weight of inconsistent testimony in commission claims; entitlement to commission barred by illegality under statute.
26 June 2018
24 June 2018
Court confirmed interim attachment under Arbitration Act s.11 due to urgency and risk of respondent removing assets abroad.
  • Arbitration Act s.11 — Interim measures — Court’s power to order preservation/attachment of goods before appointment of arbitral tribunal — Urgency and risk of assets being removed — Balance of probabilities for interim relief.
15 June 2018
May 2018
18 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
10 May 2018
8 May 2018
8 May 2018
7 May 2018
7 May 2018
7 May 2018
Conviction for assault on a child quashed due to inadequate corroboration and insufficient medical and testimonial evidence.
  • Criminal law
    • — Evidence of children — Corroboration required where child gives sworn evidence for prosecution — Juveniles Amendment Act No. 3 of 2011 — Bernard Chisha v The People remains applicable
    • — Medical evidence — Expert report must be detailed to link injuries to specific instrument; absence of such detail weakens causal inference
  • Criminal procedure — Prosecution duty to call key witnesses — Failure to call spouse who intervened may attract rebuttable presumption in favour of accused
3 May 2018
3 May 2018
2 May 2018
Whether the respondent was a consumer of transport services and whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction absent an appealable Commission decision.
  • Competition and Consumer Protection Act — interpretation of "consumer" (s.2(1)(b)) — distinguishing consumer of goods and consumer of services; meaning of "order" and "direction" under s.60; appealable decisions; jurisdiction of Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal; ultra vires acts and nullity of decisions.
2 May 2018
April 2018
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
24 April 2018
24 April 2018
The applicant's insurance claim failed because the policy lapsed for non‑payment and was not reinstated.
  • Insurance law — non‑payment of premium — automatic lapse under instalment agreement and Insurance Act; reinstatement requires full clearance of arrears; acceptance of partial late payment does not constitute waiver or reinstate policy; claims arising during lapsation inadmissible; reinsurer involvement immaterial to existence of cover.
24 April 2018