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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Judgment date
January 1979
Appellate courts should defer to lower courts’ credibility findings when demeanour was observed; appeal dismissed.
Civil procedure – second appeal – deference to trial court findings on witness credibility and demeanour; failure to cross-examine as detrimental to appellant’s case.
1 January 1979