Principal Registry Lusaka - 2020 November

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November 2020
Petitioner’s adultery established irretrievable breakdown; unreasonable‑behaviour claim failed for condonation and inadequate particulars.
Family law – Matrimonial Causes Act – irretrievable breakdown – unreasonable behaviour (s9(1)(b)) – requirement for particulars and effect of condonation; adultery (s9(1)(a)) – admission as proof; joinder of alleged third party (s10(1)) mandatory; Section 13 six‑month rule; welfare of children and property referral.
13 November 2020
Whether a later municipal allocation can defeat the applicant's prior property rights defined by original boundary fences.
Land law – sale of land – identification of sold parcel by physical demarcation (wire fence, poles) – erroneous/undated site plans and numbering do not defeat an agreed identifiable sale; Survey diagrams – vendor’s obligations and privity of contract; Municipal allocation – later allocation cannot lawfully encroach on previously sold, physically demarcated land; Possessory and evidential weight of fence stumps and poles.
6 November 2020