Cases from 2025

The Applicant commenced an action in the Industrial Relations Court, Mzuzu Registry, against the Respondent, seeking a declaration that his dismissal was unlawful and unfair, and claiming damages for...

The Claimant, a legal practitioner, sought leave for judicial review against a decision by the Defendant, the Disciplinary Committee of the Malawi Law Society, which suspended the Claimant for one yea...

 The Claimant commenced an action seeking an injunction to prevent the 2nd Defendant from installing the 1st Defendant as Village Headman Chibade and to have himself installed instead. The Defendants...

The Applicant sought a review in the High Court, Commercial Division, of a ruling by the Resident Magistrate Court in which the Magistrate declined to transfer a matter to the Commercial Division. The...

The Claimant sought a permanent injunction and damages for trespass against the Defendants, asserting ownership of a piece of land in Blantyre District. The 1st Defendant denied the claims, also asser...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Appellants appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal against the judgment of the High Court, which had reversed the Industrial Relations Court's (IRC) finding that the Appellants were employees of t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...