Specific performance

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1920-36

Principle established: English Summary Jurisdiction Acts are purely municipal enactments confined to England and Wales and are not statutes of general application in force in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963

Principle established: A motion for specific performance intended to be enforced by attachment must be personally served on the parties, and service on a solicitor who is not solicitor of record is improper.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963

Principle established: A motion seeking compliance intended to be enforced through attachment must be personally served on the respondents, not upon an unrecorded solicitor.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1950-56

Principle established: Mere payment of rent is insufficient part performance to take an oral lease out of the Statute of Frauds for the purposes of obtaining specific performance.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66

Principle established: Where defendants are sued as executors or personal representatives, their representative capacity must be indorsed on the writ itself rather than merely stated in the statement of claim.

Zimbabwe · 2024

Principle established: Contempt of court proceedings serve to punish disobedience and enforce court orders, particularly orders requiring a party to perform a specific act, such as signing transfer papers for a property sale.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1967

Principle established: To overcome the absence of writing under the Statute of Frauds, part performance must be referable to an existing agreement and cannot consist of acts performed before the agreement was made.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1967-68

Principle established: To establish part performance taking an oral land agreement outside the Statute of Frauds, the acts relied upon must refer to an existing contract and the agreement must be specifically enforceable.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1990

Principle established: An appellate court cannot determine an unargued issue without hearing counsel, nor does it have legal authority to impose a time limit within which damages must be paid.

Zimbabwe · 2022

Principle established: A contract for the sale of land that fails to comply with mandatory statutory planning requirements is null and void, though a party may be entitled to compensation for improvements.