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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Tedworth Properties seeking compensation for three Lusaka properties – Horizon House, Chibote House, and Alberg Court – against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Attorney General.
The properties were forfeited to the State in 2016 following a Supreme Court judgment.
ACC Acting Head of Corporate Communications, Chilufya Chisanga, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lusaka on Monday.
Tedworth Properties had appealed a 2018 ruling by the Lusaka High Court, which dismissed the company’s petition to claim compensation for the properties. The High Court had ruled that the company had no interest in the properties, as they were already State property by operation of the law.
The forfeiture was conducted under the Corrupt Practices (Disposal of Recovered Property) Regulations of 1986.
In its judgment dated January 28, 2026, the Court of Appeal held that the Supreme Court’s 2016 decision had already determined that Tedworth was not deprived of its right to property, as the company had refused to claim the properties in question.
The Court further noted that the right to protection against deprivation of property applied only where there is lawful ownership. In Tedworth’s case, lawful ownership was not established, as the properties had already vested in the State by operation of law.
The properties were initially seized by an ACC-led Task Force on Corruption in 2003, following investigations into suspicions that they were tainted assets.
They were subsequently forfeited to the State after no lawful claim was made within the stipulated period.
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