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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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Citation	Judgment date
January 1995
Burton Mwakalobo vs Republic (High Court Criminal Appeal No. 64 of 1994) [1995] TZHC 933 (31 January 1995) Whether identification and factual sufficiency supported an armed-robbery conviction, and whether misdirected reasoning required quashing a false-pretences conviction. Criminal law – Identification evidence – Contradictory eyewitness statements – Appeal court will not interfere where contemporaneous eyewitnesses overwhelmingly support trial court’s findings. Criminal law – Robbery with violence – Armed attack and exchange of fire – sufficiency of evidence to sustain conviction. Criminal law – Obtaining money by false pretences – Requirement of proof of active participation or concerted action – conviction unsafe where evidence points to sole responsibility of co-accused. Criminal procedure – Appellate review – Misapplication of facts or reasoning by trial magistrate can lead to quashing of conviction	31 January 1995
Mohamed B. Surath vs Andulile Mwakibete (DC Civil Appeal No. 7 of 1995) [1995] TZHC 1104 (1 January 1995)	1 January 1995
Zuberi Elia vs Michael Malewo (DC Civil Appeal No. 21 of 1995) [1995] TZHC 1103 (1 January 1995) Whether publication and appropriate assessment of damages were established in a civil slander claim, and whether alleged words were criminal in nature. Defamation — Slander — Requirement of publication to a third party; assessment of general damages in defamation — relevance of plaintiff’s social position; distinction between civil defamation claims and criminal libel/defamation offences.	1 January 1995

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