The Tanzanian law of Tort is still basically Common Law of England. Parliament has enacted pieces of legislation on the following areas of the Tortious Liability:- (a) Survival of Causes of Action after the death of claimant; (b) Liability for Fatal Accidents; (c) Contributory Negligence; and (d) Liability of Joint Tortfeasors; Read: Law Reform (Fatal Accidents and Miscellaneous Provisions)Ordinance, Chapter 360 of the Laws of Tanzania. (e) Liability of an Occupier of Premises
37 Read: Occupiers’ Liability Act, 1968 Act No. 54 of 1968 (T) (f) Injuries Sustained by Employees in their Places of Work; Read: Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance, Cap. 263. Otherwise most of Tanzanian Law of Tort is Common Law based and was developed and shaped by socio-economic events taking place in England. In your Constitutions and Legal Systems Lectures you had an opportunity of learning the development of Tanzanian Court Systems. Colonial Tanganyika had a dual Court System. There was a Court System for Natives (applying Customary Law and Islamic Law). There were also Subordinate Courts. Subordinate Courts were specifically tailored to cater for the Non-Natives. Subordinate Courts applied general laws of Tanganyika. Most of Tort cases we shall study originated from Subordinate Courts’ System applying English Law of Torts. Dual Court system in Tanganyika was finally unified into single Court
