AFRICAN NETWORK FOR ANIMAL WELFARE v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Case Number	REFERENCE NO. 9 OF 2010 (RULING ON PRELIMINARY OBJECTION)
Summary	On 23.1.2013, during the Scheduling Conference in this matter, the Applicant prayed for, and was granted an order to file an expert’s Report, on or before 22.3.2013. The Report was only lodged in the Nairobi sub-registry of the Court on 25.3.2013 and today, the date set for hearing of the Reference, the Applicant’s Counsel has indicated that the Report was lodged two day’s outside time.
Respondent	The Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania
Complainant	African Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW)
Date filed	March 26, 2013
Countries	Tanzania
Keyword	Jurisdiction , Wildlife
Treaty Article	Rule 10 , Rule 4 , Rule 46

Verdict	In the event invoking Rules 4, 10, 46(1) and (3) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, it was ordered and directed as follows: i) The expert’s Report lodged in the Nairobi sub-registry on 25.3.2013 by the Applicant is admitted into the record and shall be deemed as filed within time. ii) The Report shall be served forthwith upon the Respondent, by the Applicant and in any event, within the next 7 days. iii) The Respondent shall, within 14 days of today’s date, file and serve written statements for its three (3) proposed witnesses. iv) The hearing of the Reference shall be adjourned to a date to be given by notice to the parties and as to costs; we deem it fit in the circumstances, to order that each party should bear its own costs.
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Date delivered	April 25, 2013
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