Court of Appeal · [2026] ZMCA 137 · 12 August 2026

Bascom Enterprises and Ors v Bharti Airtel Holdings and Ors (Application SP 31/ 2025) [2026] ZMCA 137 (12 August 2026)

Application for leave to appeal dismissed: dispute concerned private contractual issues, not public importance or novel law. Flynote Civil Procedure — Leave to Appeal — Section 13(3) Court of Appeal Act — Public importance and reasonable prospects of success Evidence/Commercial Law — Authentication of Documents — Application of the Authentication of Documents Act to foreign agreements used in domestic regulatory processes Equity — Estoppel — Limits where a party is not privy to the disputed agreement Read full summary

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