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April 2025
Henry Nyambe and 9 Ors v Lumwana Mining Company Limited (APPLICATION NO. SCZ/7/34/2024) [2025] ZMSC 11 (29 April 2025)
Leave granted to appeal to clarify section 55 Employment Code and whether redundancy damages are based on gross/basic or net pay.
  • Employment law — redundancy — interpretation of section 55 Employment Code — measure of damages for unlawful termination — severance pay: basic (gross) v net salary — leave to appeal for issues of public importance.
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)
Irregular transfer of a constitutional petition to another division without lawful order renders proceedings a nullity.
  • Constitutional jurisdiction — Part III (Article 28) petitions — transfer of causes between judges — Section 23 High Court Act — requirement of formal transfer order — irregular transfer renders proceedings a nullity — preservation of petition character when reallocated — Economic and Financial Crimes Division jurisdiction.
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)
Leave granted to determine whether the regulator had authority under the repealed Securities Act to authorise mergers and charge fees.
  • Securities law — Authority to authorise mergers and takeovers under repealed Securities Act Cap. 354 — Lawfulness of charging authorisation fees — Point of law of public importance (s.13 Court of Appeal Act) — Effect of statutory repeal on justiciability.
3 April 2025