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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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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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February 2008
Leonila Ludovick Rauya vs M.M Pardhan & Another (Civil Case No. 54 of 2007) [2008] TZHC 267 (19 February 2008)
A tort claim accrues at the date of injury and is time-barred if not filed within three years absent a Ministerial extension.
* Limitation of actions – tort – three-year limitation period under First Schedule, Part I, item 6 – cause of action accrues on date of accident. * Negotiations with insurer do not suspend or exclude limitation period. * Extension of limitation period – section 44 requires application to Minister; failure to apply renders suit incompetent. * Inherent powers of court (s.95 Civil Procedure Act) cannot be used to override mandatory limitation provisions (s.3(1) Law of Limitation Act).
 19 February 2008
Salama Hamisi Akida & others vs Akida Hamisi Akida & another (PC. Civil Appeal No. 57 of 2003) [2008] TZHC 339 (14 February 2008)
Administrator lacked authority to sell during appeal; consent order retained houses and fixed valuation-based payments.
Probate law – administration of estate – administrator’s powers and duties; operation and binding effect of consent orders in appeals; functus officio and nullity of post-judgment revision; valuation disputes and basis for determining beneficiaries’ shares; nullification of unauthorized sale by an administrator.
 14 February 2008