Court of Appeal Guides on Conflicting Precedents and the Fate of ill-Procured Cautioned Statement In Criminal Appeal No. 465 of 2022, the Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) had a situation requiring the presiding Justices to determine the position to follow where there were two conflicting positions of the Court regarding the legality of […]

Principle of Finality of Litigation Reechoed by the Court of Appeal in a Controversial Land Dispute The Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) recently delivered its ruling in Civil Application No. 264/01 of 2022 and dismissed the application for review emanating from the Court’s decision in Civil Appeal No.166 of 2019. In this ruling, […]

Court of Appeal Determines a Labour Matter Relating to Discrimination on Termination of Employment The Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court), on 21 May 2024, delivered a judgment in the case of Robert Shemhilu vs. Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited, Civil Appeal No. 136 of 2022. In its judgment, the Court held that the […]

Investment Framework and Incentives: A Snapshot of the Extractive Industry in Tanzania Studies indicate that natural resources and wealth, in particular, the minerals, oil and gas, present a gargantuan source of wealth to countries endowed with such resources. To translate such natural endowments into development trajectories, these countries devise mechanisms, both legal and contractual, to […]

Court of Appeal Clarifies on the Rules of Procedure and the Parameters of the Right to be Heard Recently, the Court of Appeal of Tanzania (the Court) delivered its ruling in Civil Application No. 70/01 of 2022 and dismissed an application for rehearing of a case that was initially heard exparte (Civil Appeal No. 209 […]

High Court of Zanzibar Declares section 33(1)(a) of the Liquor Control Act Unconstitutional On 4 February 2024, the High Court of Zanzibar (the Court) declared section 33(1)(a) of the Liquor Control Act (LCA), Act No. 9 of 2020 unconstitutional and void ab initio for contravening articles 12(1),(2);13(1); 21(3); and 22(1) of the Constitution of Zanzibar. […]