The High Court of Malawi Commercial Division and the Malawi Law Society held a joint
meeting on Thursday the 12th of August, 2021 at the Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre. The aim of
the meeting was to come up with means on how to improve service delivery at the Division in
all the Registries across the country. In attendance, were Judges from both Registries, Lilongwe
and Blantyre and the Law Society was presented by a group of its executive members including
the President himself, Counsel Patrick Mpaka.
The issues discussed among others include; use of virtual meetings for court matters, pace of
case management, enforcement of judgments within 14 days etc. In his speech, the MLS

President Counsel Mpaka commended the Commercial Court for the wonderful efforts in fast-
tracking the pace of cases thereby having decisions made in good time unlike the other

Divisions. He then welcomed the idea of incorporating virtual meetings into the justice system
but called for further exploration on how best technology could benefit the effective
dispensation of justice in the country. In his closing remarks, the Judge President for
Commercial Court Division Hon. Justice Dr. Micheal Mtambo assured the MLS of continued
interface between the Commercial Court and the Court Users, MLS specifically in a bid to iron
out grey areas that may interfere the dispensation of justice in the Commercial Division.