Supreme Court of Zambia - 2015 January

11 judgments
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11 judgments
January 2015
Appeal stayed until appellants pay K10,000 security for costs due to likely inability to meet adverse costs.
  • Civil procedure — Security for costs — Rule 56 Supreme Court Rules — stay of appeal pending payment — casual employees' financial incapacity — respondent's costs secured.
23 January 2015
22 January 2015
Bank not liable for payments on forged cheques where agent had ostensible authority and customer negligently failed to detect forgeries.
  • Banking law — forged cheques — payment in good faith and in ordinary course — s.19 Stamp Act; s.60 Bills of Exchange Act; s.2 Cheques Act — ostensible/actual authority of agent — customer negligence and estoppel — duty to inquire limited to circumstances giving rise to suspicion
20 January 2015
18 January 2015
15 January 2015
Application to set aside dismissal for want of prosecution failed due to inordinate delay and insufficient evidence to extend time.
  • Civil procedure — appeal dismissed for want of prosecution; extension of time under Rule 12(1) — necessity of sufficient admissible evidence; inordinate delay; prejudice from execution (Fi.fa and Eligit); costs
14 January 2015
13 January 2015
12 January 2015
Advocate acted beyond mere stakeholder but negligence was unpleaded; speculative losses unproven—nominal damages awarded.
  • Professional negligence; conveyancing advocate’s duties; stakeholder v. advocate liability; limits on variation of judicial orders by Deputy Registrar; measure of damages for conveyancing negligence; requirement to plead and prove special loss; nominal damages awarded
12 January 2015
An arbitration clause limited to disputes "during the continuance" of an agreement is inoperative after contract termination.
  • Arbitration Act s.10 — interpretation of arbitration clause — clause limited to disputes "during the continuance" of the contract — plain meaning rule — severability of arbitration clause considered but subordinate to clear wording — clause inoperative post-termination where contractual time-limits unmet
12 January 2015
12 January 2015