Held: (i) Without a proper will giving ownership of the disputed house to the Respondent, he had nothing to pass to the Appellant, that is to say, no good title passed from him. No one gives a better title to property than ...

Held: (i) As the matter of a Rule of Practice, the record of appeal must speak for itself. In that regard, we are satisfied that failure to serve the letter in question to the Respondent violates Rule 90(3) of the Tanzania ...

Held: (i) A public document that had not been tendered in evidence as the proof of the facts in the trial cannot be relied upon in making findings. (ii) Judicial findings must be based on admissible evidence, and any ...

Held: (i) Once each paragraph in the verification clause has been verified by the deponent to the best of his knowledge such verification is valid and it is not mandatory to verify separate sub paragraphs in the affidavit ...

Held: (i) For an application of an extension of time to be granted an applicant has to account for each day of the delay. (ii) An affidavit which mentions another person, that other person must swear an affidavit otherwise ...

Held: (i) Courts cannot have any excuse to decide matters that adversely affect the rights of the subjects without affording them a hearing. For, the omission abrogates principles of natural justice.

(Appeal against the decision of the High Court of Tanzania at Mwanza, Gwae, J dated 17th day of November, 2017 in HC Civil Appeal No.17 of 2017.)Civil Procedure and Practice- Succession of Trial – Whether the succession ...