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. 

Physical address
24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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16 judgments
November 2015
Applicant's unexplained delay and reliance on counsel's conduct failed to justify extension of time; application dismissed.
  • Limitation law — Limitation of actions — Extension of time — delay attributable to advocate insufficient without satisfactory explanation — extension application cannot substitute for appellate review
19 November 2015
September 2015
28 September 2015
August 2015
14 August 2015
14 August 2015
14 August 2015
July 2015
23 July 2015
June 2015
2 June 2015
May 2015
An experienced employee's negligent misconduct causing revenue loss justified fair dismissal; procedural fairness upheld, revision dismissed.
  • Labour law — Employee seniority
    • — Application of Employment and Labour Relations
    • — Evidentiary weight of audit reports and witness testimony in disciplinary proceedings
    • — higher duty of care and trustworthiness expected of long-serving/senior staff
  • Labour law — procedural fairness — timing and sufficiency of investigation/audit relative to disciplinary hearing
  • Labour law — unfair termination — substantive fairness for dismissal on grounds of negligence and causing revenue loss
8 May 2015
8 May 2015
Application struck out for defective notice and failure to cite required subrules and statutory subsections.
  • Labour law — Labour procedure — Notice of application — Compliance with prescribed Labour Court form LCF 4
7 May 2015
Revision struck out for failure to cite enabling provisions and non‑compliance with Labour Court Rules and affidavit formalities.
  • Civil procedure — non‑citation of enabling provision
    • — Court of Appeal authority
    • — whether an application is properly before the Court
  • Labour law
    • — Affidavit formalities — Proper wording and verification
    • — Revision applications
7 May 2015
7 May 2015
April 2015
Affidavit may include reliefs under Labour Court Rules, but multiple formal defects (citation, jurat, verification, endorsement) rendered application incompetent and struck out.
  • Civil procedure — Affidavit formalities — compliance with statutory jurat format required for validity
  • Labour law
    • — Affidavit requirements — Inclusion of reliefs/prayers in supporting affidavit
    • — Procedural defects — Non‑citation of rules/statutory provisions
    • — defective verification and jurat — Effect: incompetence and striking out
30 April 2015
Termination for negligent validation of forged customs entries was substantively and procedurally fair; revision dismissed.
  • Employment law — Procedural fairness
    • — ASYCUDA ++ system and training defence rejected
    • — CMA award review
    • — senior employee higher duty of care
    • — timing of investigation and disciplinary hearing
  • Employment law — unfair termination — negligence causing loss of public revenue
8 April 2015
March 2015
6 March 2015
January 2015
30 January 2015