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DLP Malawi Limited v Tamando Lama Chokotho

Applicable rules
Expedited Rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa
  1. 27 January 2026Malawi

    27 January 2026Malawi

    Ruling of the High Court of Malawi, Commercial Division, Blantyre Registry in Commercial Cause Number 131 of 2025 dated 27 January 2026

    High Court of Malawi, Commercial Division, Blantyre Registry

    Case no.
    Commercial Cause Number 131 of 2025
    Citation
    [2026] MWCommC 3
    Decision summary
    The High Court of Malawi dismissed the defendant's application to stay the proceedings pending arbitration and awarded costs to DLP Malawi Limited. The court held that clause 9.7 of the escrow agreement excluded the escrow agent from the arbitration clause, so the defendant could not rely on it to obtain a stay.

    Supporting details

    15 authorities · 6 participants
    DLP Malawi Limited
    Representative
    Mpaka (For: DLP Malawi Limited)
    Tamando Lama Chokotho
    Representative
    Chokotho (For: Tamando Lama Chokotho)
    High Court of Malawi, Commercial Division, Blantyre Registry
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    Makonyo

    Authorities cited

    15
    • Arbitration Act, Act 42 of 1965
      statute
    • Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited ([2014] EWHC 2014 (Comm))
      case law
    • NWA v NVF ([2021] EWHC 2666)
      case law
    • Max Engineering v PQ Builders Pty Ltd ([2023] SGHC 71)
      case law
    • Capital Investments Limited v Dr. C.K Makadia (Civil Cause No. 495 of 2003)
      case law
    • Midima Holdings Limited v ETG Inputs Limited (Commercial Cause No 156 of 2022)
      case law
    • Projex Group Limited v Central African Railways Limited (MSCA Civil Appeal no. 10 of 2021)
      case law
    • Admarc Limited v Alliance Capital Limited (Commercial Cause No. 233 of 2021)
      case law
    • Radford v Hair and Others (1971 Ch. D 1089)
      case law
    • Hodson v Railway Passenger Assurance Company ((1904) 2 KB 833)
      case law
    • Metropolitan Tunnel and Public Works Limited v London Electric Railway Company (1925 Ch D 371)
      case law
    • Harbour Assurance Co. (UK) Ltd v Kansa General Insurance Co. Ltd ((1993) QB 70)
      case law
    • MV Panormos Bay v Olam ((2004) 5 NWLR (Part 865) I)
      case law
    • United Bank for Africa PLC v Trident Consulting Limited ((2013) 4 CLRN 119)
      case law
    • Eagle Star Insurance Co. Ltd v Yuval Insurance Co. Ltd ([1978] 1 Lloyd's Rep 357)
      case law

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