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Citation	Judgment date
December 2025
SA Airlink (PTY) Limited v Zambia Skyways Limited and Ors (APPEAL NO. 10/2023) [2025] ZMSC 30 (31 December 2025)	31 December 2025
Rephidim Institute Limited v Attorney General (SCZ/08/08/2025) [2025] ZMSC 29 (12 December 2025)	12 December 2025
October 2025
Hambani Ngwenya and Anor v Lubambe Copper Mine Limited (SCZ/7/15/2025) [2025] ZMSC 31 (28 October 2025)	28 October 2025
Konkola Copper Mines Plc v The Attorney General and Ors (APPEAL NO. 09/2024) [2025] ZMSC 28 (27 October 2025)	27 October 2025
Jonathan Van Blerk v The Attorney General and Ors (SCZ NO. SCZ/07/27/2024) [2025] ZMSC 27 (2 October 2025)	2 October 2025
September 2025
Cosmas Mweemba and Ors v Chikankata District Council and Anor (SCZ/07/05/2024) [2025] ZMSC 25 (19 September 2025) Whether applicants in a resettlement scheme acquired proprietary land rights or only licence interests, and whether that raises public‑importance legal issues. Procedure – Record of motion – compliance with Rule 48; Civil appeals – Leave to appeal under s.13(3) Court of Appeal Act – point of law of public importance; Land law – nature of rights in resettlement schemes (proprietary v licence) – fact‑specific disputes; Prospects of success and compelling reasons for leave.	19 September 2025
Occupational Health and Safety Institute v James Mataliro (APPEAL NO. 12/2025) [2025] ZMSC 24 (19 September 2025)	19 September 2025
Richard Musukwa and Ors v The Attorney General (Appeal No.03/2025) [2025] ZMSC 26 (19 September 2025)	19 September 2025
August 2025
Joseph Chanda v The People (Appeal 72/2024) [2025] ZMSC 21 (20 August 2025)	20 August 2025
Zambia Revenue Authority v Nestlé Zambia Limited (APPEAL NO. 03/2021) [2025] ZMSC 20 (20 August 2025)	20 August 2025
Chama Cheelemu and Ors v Odile Loukombo 'Chelemu' (APPEAL NO. 294/2021) [2025] ZMSC 22 (19 August 2025) An administrator's challenge to a 2004 inter vivos land transfer was statute-barred; annulment of a later marriage did not revive limitation. Limitation of actions — accrual of cause of action — land transfer inter vivos — registered Certificate of Title — administrators' rights — effect of annulment of marriage on prior transfers — necessity to plead mistake.	19 August 2025
Emmanuel Tumba and 6 Ors v Zambia Bata Shoe Company Plc (7/25/2024) [2025] ZMSC 18 (14 August 2025) Whether applicants met statutory thresholds for leave to appeal and whether judicial decisions operate retrospectively. Appeals — leave to appeal — section 13 Court of Appeal Act — prospects of success, public importance, compelling reasons; Judicial decisions — retrospective effect; Stare decisis — Court of Appeal bound by Supreme Court; Registrar/IRD powers; Industrial relations procedure.	14 August 2025
Roanbeat Investment Limited v MTN (Zambia) Limited and Anor (SCZ/7/22/2024) [2025] ZMSC 19 (13 August 2025)	13 August 2025
Ronald Kaoma Chitotela v Anti-Corruption Commission and 3 Ors (SCZ/8/1/2025) [2025] ZMSC 17 (13 August 2025)	13 August 2025
July 2025
The Attorney General and Anor v Metro Investments Limited and Ors (APPEAL NO. 9/2021; SCZ/8/01/2021) [2025] ZMSC 15 (25 July 2025)	25 July 2025
The Attorney General v Rajan Mahthani (Appeal No. 4 of 2020) [2025] ZMSC 16 (24 July 2025)	24 July 2025
May 2025
Pemba Lapidaries Limited and Anor v William Saunders (SCZ/8/28/2023) [2025] ZMSC 12 (21 May 2025)	21 May 2025
Zambia China Economic Trade Cooperation Development Limited v Zambia Jihai Agriculture Company Limited (SCZ/7/18/2024) [2025] ZMSC 13 (19 May 2025)	19 May 2025
April 2025
Henry Nyambe and 9 Ors v Lumwana Mining Company Limited (APPLICATION NO. SCZ/7/34/2024) [2025] ZMSC 11 (29 April 2025)	29 April 2025
Thelma Maunga (suing in her capacity as administrator of the estate of the late Suzyo Nyika) v The Anti-Corruption Commission and Anor (APPEAL No.5/2024; SCZ/8/37/2023) [2025] ZMSC 10 (17 April 2025)	17 April 2025
Attorney General v Rajan Mahthani (APPEAL NO.4 OF 2020) [2025] ZMSC 9 (8 April 2025) Whether a civil appellate finding or a previous nolle prosequi bars subsequent criminal prosecution arising from the same facts. Judicial review appeals — procedural requirements for appeals — applicability of English RSC provisions versus domestic Supreme Court Rules; nolle prosequi and section 81(1) CPC — effect on subsequent prosecutions; res judicata/issue estoppel — limits of civil judgments to bar criminal proceedings; distinction between civil and criminal standards of proof.	8 April 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission v Zambia Breweries Plcs and 2 Ors (SCZ/7/16/2024) [2025] ZMSC 23 (3 April 2025)	3 April 2025
March 2025
Faustine Kabwe and Anor v Ndola Trust School Limited and Anor (SCZ/08/11/2022) [2025] ZMSC 8 (28 March 2025) Whether Article 28(1) confines Part III enforcement to petition proceedings or permits alternative procedural routes; leave to appeal granted. Constitutional law — Article 28(1) — mode of commencement of Part III claims — petition v writ; leave to appeal — point of law of public importance; access to justice; jurisdiction — procedural bars and Order 14A preliminary issues.	28 March 2025
February 2025
Star Drilling and Exploration Limited v National Technologies Limted and Ors (APPEAL NO. 07/2024) [2025] ZMSC 7 (21 February 2025)	21 February 2025
Zambia Telecommunication Company v Felix Musonda and Ors (SCZ/08/03/2023) [2025] ZMSC 6 (12 February 2025)	12 February 2025
January 2025
Davies Chishala and Anor v The People (APPEAL NOs. 15,16/2021; APPEAL NOs. 15,16/2021) [2025] ZMSC 2 (16 January 2025) Murder conviction quashed: prior inconsistent statement inadmissible, res gestae not established, causation unproven. Criminal law – Murder – Admissibility of hostile witness's prior inconsistent statement – res gestae and hearsay – suspect witnesses and corroboration – causation between assault and death – burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt.	16 January 2025
Minimart Development Corporation Company Limited v Ackim Chirwa and Ors (SCZ/8/25/2023) [2025] ZMSC 4 (15 January 2025)	15 January 2025
Occupational Health and Safety Institute v James Mataliro (SCZ No.8/ 14/2022) [2025] ZMSC 1 (15 January 2025)	15 January 2025
William Saunders v Pemba Lapidiaries Limted and Anor (SCZ/8/28/2023) [2025] ZMSC 5 (15 January 2025)	15 January 2025
Gillian Kasempa Mutinta v New Future Financial Company Limited and Anor (APPEAL NO.13/2023; SCZ/08/23/2023) [2025] ZMSC 3 (10 January 2025) Contract between a lender and a borrower purporting to be a contract of sale. The Court found that the terms of the contract and the evidence on record indicated that the contract was a loan agreement and not a contract of sale	10 January 2025