High Court Commercial Division

The Commercial Court was officially inaugurated on 15th September, 1999. The Government of Tanzania endorsed the recommendations in 1997. It is a division of the High Court of Tanzania. The difference with other High Court Registries is that this court specializes in the determination of commercial disputes only.

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3 judgments
February 2007
Court dismissed preliminary objections, holding procedural affidavit defects assessable on substance not as pure points of law.
  • Civil procedure — Affidavits
    • — authority permitting curing of procedural defects
    • — substance over form
  • Civil procedure — Preliminary objections — distinction between pure points of law and issues requiring evidence
20 February 2007
Aliases in amended plaint permitted; fraud allegation raises factual issues requiring trial, so objections dismissed with costs.
  • Civil procedure — Preliminary objections — amendments to plaint — fraud allegation raises factual issues requiring trial, not a pure point of law — objections dismissed with costs
19 February 2007
Applicant’s failure to exhaust statutory and administrative remedies barred discretionary writs challenging customs seizure.
  • Judicial review — discretionary prerogative writs (mandamus, certiorari, prohibition) — discretion and limits Administrative law — exhaustion of statutory/administrative remedies
14 February 2007