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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

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November 2012
Hosea William vs Edward Mushenga and Another (Land Case Appeal 22 of 2011) [2012] TZHC 836 (5 November 2012)
Sale of clan land without clan-head consent and by a non-owner is invalid; owner not obliged to repay purchaser.
Land law – Clan land alienation – Consent of clan head required; Sale by non-owner invalid; Procedural/documentary defects may not be decisive; Redemption orders cannot punish lawful owner; Remedies between purchaser and fraudulent seller lie in separate proceedings.
 5 November 2012
June 2012
Marianus Malchory and 2 Others vs Republic (Misc. Criminal Application No. 31/2011) [2012] TZHC 423 (13 June 2012)
High Court varied excessive bail, allowing co-accused to share required deposit or provide equivalent property.
Criminal procedure – Bail – Variation of bail under s.149 Criminal Procedure Act – s.148(5)(e) requirement of deposit of half value where offence involves property over Tshs.10,000,000 – accused may deposit cash or other property equivalent – co-accused may share bond obligation; excessive bail varied.
 13 June 2012