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Jurisdição |
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Article VII(5) of CITES is part of South African law; MEC’s refusal to apply it was unlawful and set aside.
• Environmental/CITES – International treaty incorporation – Whether Article VII(5) CITES incorporated into domestic law via NEMBA and practice.• Administrative law – PAJA/principle of legality – Decision to refuse CITES-related export permits reviewable where relevant exemptions ignored.• CITES technicalities – Source codes (especially ‘C’) and their domestic significance; import permit requirement displaced by Article VII(5) certificate.
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South Africa
· Northern Cape
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31 Outubro 2025 |
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FLYNOTE Land Law – Bona fide possession – Right of retention – Section 62 of the Land Act 1979 – Regulation 6 of the Land Regulations 2011 – Effect of statutory deeming – 2 Compensation for improvements – Absence of title – Public purposes – Vindicatory action – Equitable doctrines
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Lesotho
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8 Maio 2025 |
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High Court set aside arbitrarily imposed fines for forestry offences, requiring means test and reducing custodial sentences.
Forestry offences — sentencing — fines and default imprisonment — mandatory means test — application of Fines (Conversions) Act — first offender principles — s340(1) Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code — supervisory confirmation review.
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Malawi
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19 Novembro 2024 |
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Tanzania
· Zanzibar
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30 Agosto 2023 |
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South Africa
· Eastern Cape
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1 Setembro 2022 |
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South Africa
· Western Cape
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21 Abril 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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25 Março 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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21 Março 2022 |
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South Africa
· Gauteng
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18 Março 2022 |
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Namibia
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16 Março 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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27 Janeiro 2022 |
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An interim injunction restrained defendants' destructive activities in a Game Management Area due to likely irreparable environmental harm.
Environmental law – interim injunction – American Cyanamid test – serious question to be tried – irreparable environmental harm – adequacy of damages – balance of convenience – locus standi – water abstraction – Game Management Area protections.
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Zambia
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25 Janeiro 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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25 Janeiro 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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20 Janeiro 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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13 Janeiro 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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12 Janeiro 2022 |
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Zimbabwe
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15 Dezembro 2021 |
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Uganda
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1 Setembro 2021 |
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Zimbabwe
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19 Agosto 2021 |
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Uganda
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2 Agosto 2021 |
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Payment of fees after licence expiry does not entitle the applicant to reinstatement where the area is already licensed.
Mines and Minerals Act — expiry versus renewal of mining rights — application versus renewal; annual/area charges; allocation of vacated areas; public officer not per se disqualified from holding mining rights; burden of proof on applicant.
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Zambia
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30 Julho 2021 |
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Ghana
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19 Maio 2021 |
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Zimbabwe
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29 Abril 2021 |
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Ghana
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17 Fevereiro 2021 |
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Interlocutory injunction granted to restrain alleged unlawful mining/exploration on disputed land pending trial.
Interlocutory injunction — American Cyanamid test: serious question to be tried; adequacy of damages; balance of convenience — preservation of status quo — competing surface rights and mining/exploration rights — environmental assessment and Director of Mines' consent issues.
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Zambia
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22 Agosto 2020 |
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Namibia
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30 Junho 2020 |
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Seychelles
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1 Junho 2020 |
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Ghana
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20 Maio 2020 |
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Zimbabwe
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11 Maio 2020 |
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Zimbabwe
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4 Abril 2020 |
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Seychelles
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20 Março 2020 |
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Zimbabwe
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27 Fevereiro 2020 |
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Injunction granted to protect an environmentally sensitive aquifer; State immunity does not shield an SPV from court orders.
Environmental law – interim injunction to protect environmentally sensitive recharge area; EMA s4 right to clean environment; ZEMA Protection Order and Decision Letter; pre‑conditions (WARMA compliance, hydrological study) as conditions precedent; State Proceedings Act – SPV separate legal personality not immune; irreparable environmental harm and balance of convenience.
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Zambia
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17 Fevereiro 2020 |
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Namibia
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30 Janeiro 2020 |
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Zimbabwe
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22 Janeiro 2020 |
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Ghana
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14 Janeiro 2020 |
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Seychelles
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6 Dezembro 2019 |
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Seychelles
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2 Setembro 2019 |
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Namibia
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18 Julho 2019 |
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Seychelles
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15 Julho 2019 |
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Seychelles
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5 Junho 2019 |
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Ghana
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21 Março 2019 |
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Zimbabwe
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27 Fevereiro 2019 |
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Namibia
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25 Janeiro 2019 |
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Namibia
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28 Novembro 2018 |
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A party likely to be affected by reissued exploration rights ought to be joined under Order 14/5(1) HCR.
Procedure — Joinder of parties — Order 14/5(1) HCR and Order 15/4(1) RSC — person entitled to or claiming interest in the subject matter or likely to be affected — ministerial cancellation and reissuance of petroleum exploration licence — discretion to join aimed at effective adjudication — distinction from Abel Mulenga.
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Zambia
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28 Novembro 2018 |
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Namibia
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16 Novembro 2018 |
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Ghana
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17 Outubro 2018 |
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Forestry licence did not justify respondent’s trespass onto the applicant’s land; nuisance claim lacked particulars and evidence.
Property law — Trespass to land — Rightful possession under a subsisting lease — Forestry licence insufficient to justify occupation; Nuisance — requires pleaded particulars and evidential proof.
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Malawi
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26 Setembro 2018 |
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Court quashed verbal timber export ban for illegality, ordered licences issued; damages claim dismissed.
Judicial review — Forests Act (ss. 50, 53, 62) — Illegality and procedural impropriety for failure to give written notice and show cause — Ministerial verbal export ban unsupported by statute — Mandamus to statutory officer to issue/renew licences — Damages/compensation dismissed; s.56(1)(b) bars compensation.
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Zambia
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28 Julho 2018 |
