Cases from 2025
The State (on the application of Dalitso Dawn Chimbe) v The Officer in Charge (Fiscal Police) and Others
Judicial Review Case Number 8 of 2024The Claimant, a legal practitioner, sought judicial review in the High Court, Principal Registry, challenging the decisions of the Defendants to arrest, detain, question, or prosecute him. The Claiman...
Draft Case: The State (on the application of Dalitso Dawn Chimbe) v The Officer in Charge (Fiscal Police) and Others
Judicial Review Case Number 8 of 2024The Claimant, a legal practitioner, sought judicial review in the High Court, Principal Registry, challenging the decisions of the Defendants to arrest, detain, question, or prosecute him. The Claiman...
Draft Case: GM Plastics industry v Shamrock Group companies Limited
commercial cause no. 327 of 2018Francis Renso v Malawi Electoral Commission & Walter Nyamirandu Manda
Election Petition No. 54 OF 2025The Petitioner, an unsuccessful independent candidate, brought an electoral petition under section 100 of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Act , 2023, to the High Court,...
Chiyembekezo Missi t/a Good Hope General Dealers v George Macheka and Rachael Fatchi
Commercial Cause Number 181 of 2025The 1st Defendant sought an order from the High Court, Commercial Division, to suspend the enforcement of a default judgment entered against him on 15th September 2025, pending the determination of a...
Mehmet Salih Bayrakday v Mohammed Abdul Mennan
Commercial Cause Number 162 of 2025The Claimant applied for summary judgment in the High Court of Malawi, Commercial Division, against the Defendant for the payment of $110,000.00. The Claimant instituted proceedings seeking the sum ad...
AC (A Minor) acting through Litigation Guardian Mr CJ v Mr Jenala Solomon and 4 Others
Civil Cause Number 162 of 2023The Claimant sought declarations and damages in the High Court, Principal Registry, against the healthcare provider, his employer, the government minister responsible for health, and the national huma...
FDH Bank Limited and Others v Eddie Kamanga
Civil Appeal No.26 of 2024 (Being Matter No. IRC 437 of 2022)The Appellant appealed to the High Court, Lilongwe District Registry, against the decision of the Industrial Relations Court (IRC) which had found the Appellant liable for unfair dismissal and awarded...
Ramuzani Juma Mahommed v Malawi Electoral Commission
Election Case No. 70 of 2025The Applicant sought an interlocutory order of injunction from the High Court, Principal Registry, suspending the declaration of the winner for the Parliamentary Election in Nsanje South Constituency...
Finca Malawi Limited v Sellah Kambilinya Mtsekwe
Civil Appeal Case Number 13 of 2024 (Being IRC Matter No. 618 of 2019)The Appellant appealed to the High Court, Principal Registry, Civil Division, against the decision of the Industrial Relations Court (IRC), which had found for the Respondent on her claim of construct...
Catherine Gollen Majamanda v Edward Chileka Banda and Malawi Electoral Commission
Election Cause No. 10 of 2025The Applicant sought an interlocutory injunction without notice from the High Court, Lilongwe District Registry, to stop the Second Respondent, the Malawi Electoral Commission, from releasing parliame...
The State (on application by Madalitso Fred Kazombo) v Malawi Electoral Commission
Judicial Review Cause No. 61 of 2025The Applicant sought leave from the High Court to commence judicial review proceedings against the Malawi Electoral Commission regarding an election. The Court reviewed the application and its support...
Charles J. Sandram v Malawi Electoral Commission
Electoral Matter No. 5 of 2025The Applicant sought a review in the High Court of Malawi against the decision of the Malawi Electoral Commission to exclude him from the official list of parliamentary candidates. The Claimant, a pro...
Emmanuel Mdala t/a OX-Enterprise v Zhejiang Communications Construction Group Ltd.
Commercial Case No 259 of 2019The Claimant, a local contractor, sought payment for construction works allegedly performed under a subcontracting arrangement with the Defendant, a Chinese construction company. The dispute arose fro...
The State v Malawi Electoral Commission, on the application of The Democratic Progressive Party and Others
Judicial Review Case No. 19 of 2025The Applicants sought judicial review in the High Court, Civil Division, against the Respondent's decisions regarding the electoral process. The Applicants challenged the Respondent’s refusal to allow...