Cases from Civil Division
Court: High Court of Malawi
Liyawo v Chilemba
Civil Cause Number: 1436/1995 ([2002–2003] MLR 164 (HC))The plaintiff, Liyawo, brought the action herein claiming for damages for pain and suffering and special damages in the sum of K8 045 85 against his...
Mrs L. Mtileni v Registered Trustees of Blantyre Adventist Hospital
Civil Cause Number: 1831/2001 ([2006] MLR 309 (HC))The Plaintiff, Mrs Grace Mtileni, brought an action on behalf of the estate of her deceased child and on her own behalf against the Defendants, the R...
First Merchant Bank Limited v. Eisenhower Mkaka and Others
Civil Appeal No. 1 of 2016The Appellant appealed to the High Court, Lilongwe District Registry, against the assessment of compensation by the Industrial Relations Court (IRC) f...
The State (On the Application of ADMARC Limited) v The Ombudsman
Judicial Review Case number 137 of 2018 (High Court)The Claimant, ADMARC Limited, sought judicial review in the High Court, Principal Registry, against a determination by the Ombudsman concerning the un...
Chinyama Taumbe Phiri v Martina Kachere Civil Cause No. 282 of 2016
Civil Cause No. 282 of 2016The Claimant sought an order to dispense with mediation and for further directions in a claim for a declaration of a resulting trust over a property....
Lazarous Kanthomba v. Speedy’s Limited
HC/PR Civil Cause 2854 of 2006The Plaintiff commenced an action in the High Court, Principal Registry, seeking either rescission of a motor vehicle sale contract or damages in the...
S v Council, University of Malawi; Ex Parte: University of Malawi Workers Trade Union
(Misc. Civil Cause No.1 of 2015) [2015] MWHC 494The Applicant sought judicial review in the High Court, Zomba Registry, challenging the Respondent’s administrative actions stemming from a labour dis...
The State (on application by Madalitso Fred Kazombo) v Malawi Electoral Commission
Judicial Review Cause No. 61 of 2025The Applicant sought leave from the High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the Malawi Electoral Commission regarding an election....
The State v Ombudsman ex parte The Principal Secretary for Agriculture and the National Assembly
Judicial Review Case Number 152 of 2016 (Being MSCA Civil Appeal number 24 of 2017)The Respondent filed an application for an order of committal for contempt of court against the First Applicant (Principal Secretary for Finance) and...
Francis Renso v Malawi Electoral Commission & Walter Nyamirandu Manda
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