3 May 2022

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THE LAST ‘TENANTS OF THE CROWN’ IN MALAWI: A BRIEF ON THE STATUS OF FREEHOLD LAND IN THE LAND AMENDMENT ACT 2022

Between 25thMarch 2022 and 1st April 2022 Parliament passed amendments to six land-related Bills[i] to revise the legislation enacted in 2016. The amendments comprise the Land Amendment Act[ii], the Customary Land Amendment Act[iii], the Physical Planning Amendment Act[iv], the Land Survey Amendment Act[v], the Registered Land Amendment Act[vi] and the Lands Acquisition Amendment Act[vii]. These

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THERE IS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO CONSULT EMPLOYEES DURING RETRENCHMENT: A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF FIRST MERCHANT BANK VS EISENHOWER MKAKA & OTHERS

ABSTRACT In First Merchant Bank v Eisenhower Mkaka& Others[i],the Supreme Court ruled that in terms of section 57(2) of the Employment Act there is no legal obligation for the employer to consult employees where he/she intends to retrench some due to the restructuring of the organization as part of its operational requirements. This was a

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