Year 2025

Cases from 2025

47 cases

The Applicant/Enforcement Debtor, ADMARC Limited, sought to set aside an interim third party debt order obtained by the Respondents/Enforcement Creditors, Alex Malikebu and 3281 Others. The Respondent...

June 16, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Applicant appealed to the High Court, Principal Registry, against a judgment of the Principal Resident Magistrate's Court, which awarded the Respondents K30,000,000.00 in damages for false impriso...

June 07, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

Joana Phiri v Smith Kamwangala

Commercial Cause Number 426 of 2022

The Claimant sought an order in the High Court for the payment of K15,750,000.00, along with interest and costs, under a promissory note allegedly issued by the Defendant. The Defendant, who is the Cl...

May 30, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Trouble Kalua
Commercial Division
Law Of Evidence Commercial Law

The Appellant, Telekom Networks Malawi plc (TNM), applied to the High Court for a suspension of the enforcement of a judgment pending an appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The application was file...

May 15, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

Republic v Henry Mathanga & Others

Criminal Case Number 19 of 2023

The 4th Accused Person challenged new charges for the continuation of the criminal proceedings, arising from the same factual matrix on which he had previously been discharged by the Court in January...

May 08, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice R.E. Kapindu, PhD
Financial Crimes Division

The Applicant, Blantyre City Council, sought leave from the High Court to apply for judicial review out of time. The dispute originated from a complaint lodged with the Ombudsman by an employee of the...

April 30, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant, residing in the United States, brought this claim to the High Court, Principal Registry, against the Defendants concerning a residential property in Blantyre that she had purchased in 20...

April 15, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Court, sitting in the High Court’s Civil Division, entered judgment for the Claimant after striking out the Defendant’s defence. The Claimant had commenced proceedings seeking a declaration of own...

April 09, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Civil Division

Annie Mazinga vs John Mazinga and others

Land Cause Number 93 of 2023

The Claimant sought a declaration in the High Court, Principal Registry, that she was the rightful owner of a piece of land in Samuti Village, Traditional Authority Boid, Thyolo District, and that the...

April 03, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant, an internet protocol management company, brought a claim for defamation against the Defendant, a former director of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC). The action arose fro...

April 02, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant, a homeowner, commenced an action against the 1st Defendant, a contractor, and the 2nd Defendant, a statutory body, seeking costs for repairs and damages. The Claimant alleged that vibrat...

April 01, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant sought damages in the High Court of Malawi against the Defendant for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and defamation. The Claimant, a former employee of the Defendant, alleged t...

March 20, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant, a motorcyclist, sought compensation in the High Court for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident. The accident occurred when the First Defendant, driving a vehicle owned by the Se...

February 24, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Allan Hans Muhome
Civil Division

The Claimant commenced proceedings against the Defendant to recover various sums, including loss of profit, expenses incurred, loan repayment, and other associated costs. Following a scheduling confer...

February 06, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Trouble Kalua
Commercial Division

M.A Motors Limited v Infracon Limited

Commercial Cause Number 206 of 2021

 The Claimant, a motor vehicle garage, commenced an action against the Defendant for the sum of K5,040,468.00 for repair and servicing work, with costs and interest. The Defendant denied liability, ar...

January 10, 2025
High Court of Malawi
Honourable Justice Trouble Kalua
Commercial Division
Contract Law