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The judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of Zambia is final and non-appealable to the Supreme Court. Subject to Article 28, this Court does not hear bill of rights because the 2016 Referendum failed to gainer sufficient votes to amend the Bill of Rights. For now the Bill of Rights cases are heard by the High Court of Zambia.
The Supreme Court of Zambia is the country's apex court on all matters, except those related to the constitution. Until 2016, the court was the highest court on all matters, but following the adoption of a new constitution in 2016, the Constitutional Court of Zambia was created with jurisdiction on matters related to the constitution and elections.
The Ministry of Justice is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Justice. The Mission of the Ministry is to provide legal services, facilitate dispensation of justice and promote governance mechanisms in order to uphold good governance principles and practices in Zambia. [1]
Lewanika and Others vs. Chiluba, was a Supreme Court of Zambia case decided in 2000, in which the Court dismissed the petition and held that the amendment limiting candidates to being at least full second generation Zambians in dispute over the 1996 election did not disqualify Kenneth Kaunda from the presidency.
Mumba Malila (born 16 April 1964) is a Zambian jurist who currently serves as the 8th Chief Justice of Zambia, having assumed office in 2021. [1] [2] With a career in law spanning several years, Dr. Malila has held various high-profile positions, including that of the Zambian Attorney General [3] from 2011 to 2014. [4]
From Chingola in Zambia's copperbelt region, lead claimant Dominic Liswaniso Lungowe and another 1,825 Zambian citizens [3] claimed that Vedanta Resources plc had breached its duty of care to ensure that its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines Plc, ("KCM") would not harm the environment and local communities.
Frederick Victor Bruce-Lyle (6 August 1953 – 21 April 2016) was a Ghanaian-born jurist who was a judge in several Caribbean countries.. Born in Accra, Ghana, Bruce-Lyle was the second son of Ghana's Supreme Court judge and Supreme Court judge of Zambia, William Bruce-Lyle, [1] and the grandson of Sir Leslie McCarthy.
She was born in 1956. Her father is the late Mainza Chona (1930 to 2001), one-time Vice President of Zambia (1970 to 1973) and Zambia's ambassador to China (1984 to 1989). In 1979, she graduated from the University of Zambia, School of Law, with a Bachelor of Laws. She was admitted to Zambia Bar in 1981. [2]