High Court of Zambia - 2018

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247 judgments
January 2018
29 January 2018
29 January 2018
29 January 2018
29 January 2018
29 January 2018
29 January 2018
26 January 2018
26 January 2018
26 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
25 January 2018
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
24 January 2018
24 January 2018
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.
17 January 2018
17 January 2018
16 January 2018
16 January 2018
16 January 2018
16 January 2018
12 January 2018
12 January 2018
11 January 2018
A defective undated affidavit was admitted and a loan agreement was upheld as a valid simple contract despite lack of seal or witness.
  • Companies law — requirement of seal for contracts; Contract formalities — deed versus simple contract; Witnessing and capacity of signatory — formal defect v. evidential issue; Affidavit admissibility — defective jurat permissible under Order 5 rule 13.
10 January 2018
10 January 2018
10 January 2018
10 January 2018
10 January 2018
8 January 2018
Defendant’s request to pay a consent judgment by instalments denied; ex‑parte stay of sale discharged for lack of jurisdiction.
  • Civil procedure — Order 36 Rules 9 and 10 — stay of execution v. stay of sale of seized goods — jurisdiction; Order 36 Rule 9 — payment of judgment by instalments — sufficient cause; consent judgment; discharge of ex-parte stay.
2 January 2018
2 January 2018