Court Reaffirms Business Names Lack Legal Personality

  • Delayed determination of waiver request constitutes an appealable omission
  • Substantive right of appeal in respect of omissions cemented
  • Jurisdiction of TRAB cannot be ousted by precedents or Courts of law
  • TRAB’s jurisdiction provisions extensively analysed
  • TRA held not to enjoy unfettered power on statutory timelines
  • Previous decisions barring appeals on omissions distinguished
  • Statutory timelines, accountability, and procedural fairness reinforced
  • Concurrent decisions of the Board and Tribunal reversed

In this week’s Legal Quest
poll results:

  • Can a marriage be legally annulled if one of the parties was incapable of consummating it from the outset?
    YES – 91% | NO – 9%
  • Is it allowed to run a funding campaign to support someone in need?
    YES – 60% | NO – 40%
  • Can a person be charged with a crime for sharing someone else’s private information online?
    YES – 96% | NO – 4%

Residence identity card

Did you know that having a residence identity card issued by NIDA is a mandatory requirement for non-citizens who reside in Tanzania for more than six months.