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Jurisdiction of the Board in Tax Decisions still a Nightmare
June 13, 2022 in Legal Update, Updates /by fbadmin1Legal Update – 13 June 2022
Age limit for owning a gun
June 13, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1I own a gun and intend to buy a second one for myself, and one for my son who is 17 years old. Does the law limit the number of guns that one person can own and can a person who is under the age of 18 years own a gun in Tanzania? LF, Musoma […]
Q&A – 13 June 2022
June 13, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Employee dies on way from office party My uncle died on the spot in a car accident at night when he was driving back home from an office party that was organised by his employer. Police visited the scene of the accident and made a report which showed that the accident was attributed to the […]
Obtaining benefits from the Workers Compensation Fund
June 6, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1My brother who was employed as a driver died in a car accident during the course of his contractual duties. It is about five months now since he died. Can you guide me how to claim compensation from the Workers Compensation Fund and what benefits can the family of the deceased claim from the Fund […]
Q&A – 6 June 2022
June 6, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Wildlife for cultural activities We are a registered cultural group performing cultural dances and other cultural activities in different parts of the country. As part of our business, we want to tame hyena, wild rabbit and snakes for our cultural dances and activities. Is there any legal procedure we need to follow to enable us […]
New Foreign Exchange Regulations Issued
May 31, 2022 in Legal Update, Updates /by fbadmin1Legal Update – 31 May 2022
Trade Union demands free clean drinking water
May 30, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1We are currently negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with a trade union. Two of the items they want to be inserted in the agreement are free drinking water to all the employees and classic new style washrooms which we find to be expensive for the company to bear. We would like to get your views […]
Application of the Anti-Money Money Laundering Laws in Zanzibar
May 30, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1I am an expatriate working in Zanzibar and have a cheque drawn in my favour by my employer which I want to take with me to my home country. Ive been told that there are Regulations made by the Union Minister for Finance which bars cross border movement of cash and negotiable instruments whose value […]
Q&A – 30 May 2022
May 30, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Employee suspended for smelling of alcohol at workplace I am employed by a manufacturing company as a cyber security officer and have worked here for five years before I was suspended pending investigation of a misconduct which our HR Manager termed as smelling of alcohol at a workplace. It is true that the night before […]
Purchaser refuses to sign contract with company without seal
May 23, 2022 in Commercial Law, Business Disputes and IP /by fbadmin1I am an accountant working with a newly established company. We want to enter into a contract for supplying our products to another company (the purchaser). Our retained lawyers prepared a draft contract which we sent to the purchaser for signing. However, the purchaser has refused to sign the contract until we affix our company […]
Safety information in public passenger vehicles
May 23, 2022 in Traffic Regulations /by fbadmin1Before a domestic flight takes off, it is common to hear cabin crew informing passengers about safety rules. However, in public passengers’ vehicles we rarely hear such announcements. Does it mean that we don’t have in our laws imposing on the bus crew the obligation to inform their passengers about safety rules before departure? SM, […]
Positive discrimination
May 23, 2022 in Employment and Immigration Law /by fbadmin1My company has recently promoted a lady to be a head of our department after an annual performance appraisal. This is the first lady to be a head of department in the history of the company and she is very boastful. I have seen the performance appraisal results and noted that I had two points […]
Q&A – 23 May 2022
May 23, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Woman charged with seducing houseboy My friend who lives with her husband and a houseboy is charged with seducing their houseboy. The houseboy complained to the police that my friend has been seducing him when my friend’s husband is away. Is it an offence for a woman to try to have a sexual relationship with […]
Bus agent refusing to refund fare
May 16, 2022 in Consumer and Claimant Rights /by fbadmin1Last year I booked two bus tickets for myself and my child aged two years. I intended to travel from the city where I live to another city within the country. I made a booking a day before the date of departure and on the morning of the date of departure I got an emergency […]
Q&A – 16 May 2022
May 16, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Institution of money laundering charge before completion of investigation My brother is charged with the offence of money laundering. It has been four months now and the prosecutor still says that the investigation of the crime is underway and the case gets adjourned. I have been told that the law has recently been amended to […]
Area polluted by hides and skins
May 9, 2022 in Consumer and Claimant Rights /by fbadmin1There is a businessman who owns meat butcheries in our area. That man has been a problem because he stores skins and hides in a small store annexed to his residential house which makes the area very stinky. What action can we take? DD, Moshi The Hides, Skins and Leather Trade Act, 2008, (the Act) […]
Issuing unfilled receipt to a customer
May 9, 2022 in Consumer and Claimant Rights /by fbadmin1I am a businessman running a small stationery shop. About four months ago someone I know who works in the public service came to my shop and asked me to issue him with an unfilled receipt. He offered me TZS 5000 for giving him a blank receipt but did not disclose what he was going […]
Resale of chicken bones to restaurant
May 9, 2022 in Consumer and Claimant Rights /by fbadmin1I ate in a restaurant and before paying my bill, told the owner that I will sell him the chicken bones that were left over in the plate, and then pay the difference. The owner refused and made me pay the full price on the menu although I know that he will use the chicken […]
Q&A – 9 May 2022
May 9, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Fraudulent pretence of marriage I have been living together and cohabitating with a man for a year believing him to be my husband. I have only discovered this year that this man is married and he left his wife in his home village. He did not disclose this to me when we began the relationship […]
Court of Appeal Restores Property Auctioned Two Decades Ago
May 2, 2022 in Legal Update, Updates /by fbadmin1Legal Update – 5 May 2022
Private nursing and midwifery homes
May 2, 2022 in Commercial Law, Business Disputes and IP /by fbadmin1My mother has voluntarily retired at fifty five years of age after working for more than thirty years as a midwife in government hospitals. She has opted to go to her home village where she owns a big parcel of land and wants to establish a private nursing and midwifery home. Is this allowed in Tanzania? […]
Compulsory registration of agreement of unsurveyed plot
May 2, 2022 in Property and Planning Law /by fbadmin1Two years back I bought a piece of unsurveyed plot in my home town. This year somebody encroached into my plot and began constructing a house on it. I instituted a suit against him in Court but on the date of hearing when I sought to tender the sale agreement, his advocate raised an objection […]
Q&A – 2 May 2022
May 2, 2022 in Q&A /by fbadmin1Mentally disordered person mistreated by family My neighbour has a son who is mentally disordered. Unfortunately, my neighbour beats him, day and night, despite the fact that the son is not harmful to people or animals. What can I do to stop this habit of my neighbour? Can my neighbour be punished? LK, Tabora An […]
Bar manager charged for drunkenness of customer
April 25, 2022 in Criminal Law /by fbadmin1My bar manager was arrested and charged with an offence of permitting drunkenness at the bar, which is how all bars make money everywhere in the world. On Easter Sunday, one of the customers who came became too drunk and started conducting himself disorderly. My manager phoned the police to go to the bar and […]