Tag archives: Mzuzu High Court

Malawi Court orders Mzuzu Council to give back widow her house: It was sold after failing to pay city rates

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The High Court in northern city of Mzuzu has ordered the Mzuzu City Council to hand back a house it sold illegally after the owner failed to pay city rates, saying after March 2005 the Council was not lawfully constituted, as a local government authority hence could not exercise any powers conferred by law. The […]

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Mzuzu High Court’s selective ‘efficiency’ a matter of concern

By Nyasa Times Reporter

When William Gladstone (British politician, 1809 – 1898) coined the adage “justice delayed, is justice denied” he was spot on. Any individual whose rights have one way or another been compromised, ought to have their case heard and decided upon – with all speed – by a competent court of law. The opposite is also […]

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