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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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June 2015
Mussa Andrea Mtunga vs Tanzania Electric Supply Company LTD (Revision No. 6 of 2015) [2015] TZHC 2142 (10 June 2015)
Dismissal quashed: no misuse of office and procedural irregularities; reinstatement ordered.
Labour law – unfair dismissal – substantive fairness: misuse of office and authorization of sale; procedural fairness – proper composition of disciplinary hearing, right to representation, timely minutes and mitigation; remedy – reinstatement with back pay.
 10 June 2015
Tanzania Posts Corporation vs Victor E. Masalu (Revision No. 02 of 2015) [2015] TZHC 2162 (10 June 2015)
Wrong citation of a statutory subsection rendered the revision application incompetent and it was struck out with leave to refile.
Labour procedure — Revision — Wrong citation/non‑citation of statute, section or subsection renders application incompetent; prescribed form of application (Notice of Application/Form No.4 vs chamber summons).
 10 June 2015
Tanzania Posts Corporation vs Victor E. Masalu (Revision No. 2 of 2015) [2015] TZHC 2309 (10 June 2015)
Wrong citation of statutory provisions rendered the labour revision application incompetent; court struck it out but granted leave to refile.
Labour procedure — revision application — wrong citation of statutory provisions (including non-existent subsection) renders application incompetent — prescribed form for applications (Form No.4/notice of application) — discretion to allow refile.
 10 June 2015
March 2015
World Vision Tanzania vs Charles Masunga Maziku (Revision No. 7 of 2014) [2015] TZHC 2179 (13 March 2015)
Dismissal for gross negligence substantively justified but procedurally flawed; compensation awarded for procedural breach.
Labour law – unfair termination – distinction between gross dishonesty and gross negligence – procedural fairness where charge altered without notice – employer's duty to investigate and employee's duty to verify; remedy for procedural unfairness (compensation).
 13 March 2015