High Court of Zambia - 2020

469 judgments

Court registries

  • Filters
  • Judges
  • Topics
  • Alphabet
Sort by:
469 judgments
Citation
Judgment date
March 2020
18 March 2020
17 March 2020
17 March 2020
17 March 2020
16 March 2020
16 March 2020
16 March 2020
16 March 2020
15 March 2020
13 March 2020
13 March 2020
13 March 2020
11 March 2020
11 March 2020
11 March 2020
11 March 2020
10 March 2020
6 March 2020
6 March 2020
6 March 2020
Notice-to-complete not valid and vendor lacked title; specific performance dismissed, restitution of K85,961 ordered.
Contract law – sale of land – LAZ General Conditions of Sale: mandatory notice-to-complete procedure; service on named advocates required; Property law – nemo dat quod non habet – purchaser cannot acquire better title than vendor; Equity – unjust enrichment and restitution where contract incapable of performance.
5 March 2020
Court refused to stay proceedings for Constitutional Court referral, finding the dispute contractual not constitutional.
Constitutional procedure — stay and mandatory referral to Constitutional Court — interpretation of national values (morality, ethics) — lender’s reserved right to sell property without court recourse — contractual dispute versus constitutional question — High Court jurisdiction.
5 March 2020
5 March 2020
4 March 2020
4 March 2020
3 March 2020
3 March 2020
3 March 2020
3 March 2020
2 March 2020
2 March 2020
2 March 2020
2 March 2020
2 March 2020
February 2020
Court affirmed Surveyor General's demarcation as consistent with prior judgment, ordered title deeds per plan and apportionment of survey fees.
Land law — boundary demarcation — omission in judgment regarding retained portion — review — multiplicity of actions — reliance on Surveyor General's site plan to give effect to earlier judgment; costs apportioned for surveyor fees.
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
28 February 2020
Interlocutory injunction granted for first plaintiff; injunction discharged for second due to Supreme Court stay.
:[
27 February 2020
27 February 2020
A plaintiff not party to a contract lacks locus standi to enforce it; amendment without leave cannot cure that defect.
Civil procedure — Locus standi — Privity of contract bars a stranger to a contract from enforcing its terms; attempted amendment/joinder without leave cannot cure lack of standing — Alleged writ irregularity immaterial where lack of standing is dispositive.
27 February 2020
27 February 2020
27 February 2020
27 February 2020
26 February 2020
26 February 2020
26 February 2020
25 February 2020