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
May 1989
Reported

Contract - Oral loan agreement - Concluded by one of the directors of a company - Loan money given to the director - Whether company liable to repay the loan.
Company Law- Directors - Powers - One of company directors concludes an oral loan agreement and receives the money - Whether company liable to repay the loan - Section 33(b)
Companies Decree of Zanzibar-Relevant articles of the Articles of Association of the Company considered and construed.

17 May 1989
Negligence or abandonment by former counsel causing inordinate delay does not, by itself, justify extension of time to lodge an appeal.
Civil procedure – extension of time under Rule 8 – inordinate delay caused by former counsel's negligence or abandonment is generally not sufficient cause for extension unless extraordinary or minor-circumstance exceptions apply; leave to appeal under s.5(1)(c) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act need not enumerate points of law.
16 May 1989
Failure to take an essential step in prosecuting an appeal permits striking out the Notice of Appeal under Rule 82.
* Civil procedure – appeals – failure to prosecute – whether failure to take an essential step after filing Notice of Appeal permits striking out under Rule 82 of the Court of Appeal Rules.
15 May 1989