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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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January 1981
Shangte Hassani vs Hassani Ali Mkumbukwa (Misc Civil Application No. 1 of 1981) [1981] TZHC 2036 (1 January 1981)
Appellant who forcibly removed respondent’s wife acted without lawful authority and must pay damages; appeal dismissed.
Civil liability – Damages for removal of spouse – Whether removal without lawful authority gives rise to claim for damages; evidentiary weight of conduct at reconciliation proceedings; absence of written authorization; affirmation of lower courts’ factual findings.
 1 January 1981
Vicent Mnamba vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 99 of 1981) [1981] TZHC 1989 (1 January 1981)
Conviction for causing parastatal loss quashed where evidence failed to establish criminal negligence and sentence exceeded statutory maximum.
Criminal law – Offence of occasioning loss to a parastatal (s.284A(1)) – Criminal negligence standard – insufficiency of evidence where others controlled access and theft by unknown persons; Sentencing – unlawful sentence exceeding statutory maximum.
 1 January 1981