Court of Appeal of Tanzania

This is the highest level in the justice delivery system in Tanzania. The Court of Appeal draws its mandate from Article 117(1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Court hears appeals  on both point of law and facts for cases originating from the High Court of Tanzania and Magistrates with extended jurisdiction in exercise of their original jurisdiction or appellate and revisional jurisdiction over matters originating in the District Land and Housing Tribunals, District Courts and Courts of Resident Magistrate. The Court also hears similar appeals  from quasi judicial bodies of status equivalent to that of the High Court. It  further hears appeals  on point of law against the decision of the High Court in  matters originating from Primary Courts. The Court of Appeal also exercises jurisdiction on appeals originating from the High Court of Zanzibar except for constitutional issues arising from the interpretation of the Constitution of Zanzibar and matters arising from the Kadhi Court.

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26 Kivukoni Road Building P.O. Box 9004, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Judgment date
January 1991
Appeal dismissed: conversion of the plaintiff’s livestock established; deceased defendant struck out; no costs order.
* Civil law – Tort of conversion – wrongful taking or detention of chattels – whether defendants liable for conversion and liable to return livestock or pay pecuniary equivalent. * Evidence – reliability of plaintiff’s testimony – voluntariness of confession – whether confession was obtained by torture. * Civil procedure – deceased defendant – striking out or substitution of legal representative. * Pleadings – sufficiency of general description of property in conversion claim; need not be hyper-technical.
8 January 1991
Failure to serve notice of appeal timely and non‑compliance with appeal rules warranted striking out and refusal to extend time.
Civil procedure — Court of Appeal Rules — Rule 77(1) (service of notice of appeal within seven days) — Rule 82 (strike out for failure to take essential step) — Rule 83(1)/(2) (exception for application for copy of proceedings; requirement to send copy to respondent) — Rule 8 (discretion to extend time) — negligence of counsel and registry mistake — registrar’s certificate issued under mistake of fact.
1 January 1991
1 January 1991