Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda has appointed Justice Redson Kapindu as Judge-in-Charge for the newly established Financial and Economic Crimes Division.

In a memo signed by Registrar of the High Court and Supreme Court Kondwani Banda, the Chief Justice has also re-assigned High Court judges Violet Chipao and Anneline Kanthambi to the same court.

Changes have also been effected in the Commercial Division of the High Court with Justice Chifundo Kachale manning the Lilongwe Registry while judge Kenani Manda has been moved from Lilongwe to the Blantyre Registry where he will be in charge.

On Monday the Malawi Law Society announced of an inquiry into improper dealings of a certain judge in the Lilongwe Registry’s Commercial Division.