Malawi court system "Rotten to the core" tossed out LIN case

There has been endless concern from many here about the REE court case in Malawi.


How we waited a year with pompom promises all to have the court case thrown out of line for no apparent reason.

We cant find any proof that the courts have fallen behind.
There is no reason given for the unusual behaviour
No new court date has been offered.
Its almost like the whole thing has just been dismissed and LIN no longer has even a chance to have their plea for understanding heard again after the judgement.
Its almost like the courts just dont have time for the case or we are seeing a blatent display of corruption in play where LIN being an ASX company has no chance in competing with.
Saner isnt talking to LIN based on announcements
Saner looking more ripe for countersue and we dont have a lot of money in the bank
What can we do?
We all ask this question over and over and as we can see no one has the answer.
We just hope and pray and thats the best idea we all have.

I hate corruption. I hate corrupt countries. Its so hard to invest with much security in such places as things like this happen all the time.

I remember when we had a pompom ramper in here promising all would be well and there was no corruption in Malawi. They have gone now the truth is here. Good thing too so no further people fall for such misleading rubbish as we can plainly see....

Martha Chizuma is vindicated. The Malawi legal system is rotten to the core with lawyers accused of judge shopping.One of the senior lawyers in the 2019 Malawi Presidential Elections court case has made nerve wrecking revelations that some judges are incompetent and that the Malawi Law Society comprises a portion of corrupt lawyers who indulge in judge shopping, a claim that lends credence to Martha Chizuma’s allegations that a judge handling a corruption case received bribes.Speaking during a presentation on Friday in Mangochi where Malawi Law Society held an annual general meeting and conference, Modecai Msisha expressed concern that one can usually guess the lawyers involved when certain judges issue court orders.According to Msisha, there are also questionable relationships where a lawyer would call a judge to discuss a case instead of the lawyer going through the Registrar of the High Court and Supreme Court.Msisha, who has been in the legal profession for 47 years, also urged lawyers to question issues of incompetence and impartiality among judges.He said: “We are a profession, we are not a bunch of cowards. We have to stand up and do what we are supposed to do and tell them you are not behaving like a judge.“We cannot be accused of not standing up for judges, if you remember there was a time when there was an issue to do with impeachment of judges, we stood up for them because we are members of the bar.”High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Registrar Gladys Gondwe said the Judiciary has been engaging MLS leadership on such matters affecting court users.Some lawyers such as Frank Mbeta and Lusungu Gondwe have previously been accused of serious misconduct.Gondwe, a senior manager at Ritz attorney, was last year banned from representing one of Malawi’s black billionaires Thom Mpinganjira in a case in which Mpinganjira was seeking bail pending appeal of his conviction of attempting to bribe judges.The ban came after Gondwe and the law firm secured a midnight order from a magistrate in Zomba quashing the arrest warrant which ACB had used to arrest Mpinganjira in January, 2020. Gondwe has also represented Prophet Shepherd Bushiri.During trial for the Mpinganjira judge bribery case, it was claimed that money for the judges was being sent through lawyer Frank Mbeta but the money did not reach the judges.Ironically, questions have been tailed of the 7 Billion Malawi Kwacha that Msisha, his fellow counsels and clients got in legal cost for winning the presidential election case.The presidential election court case is the one that led to the imprisonment of Thom Mpinganjira. The business mogul attempted to bribe high court judges with K100 million only. He has appealed the case and has been released on bail. Mpinganjira owns FDH bank which has been accused by the Director of Public Prosecution of indulging in money laundering and other financial crimes with the Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Malawi.
https://malawi24.com/2022/03/20/malawi-judiciary-is-rotten-lawyers-accused-of-judge-shopping/