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REID-DALY v HICKMAN AND OTHERS (2) 1980 ZLR 540 (A)

1980 ZLR p540

Citation

1980 ZLR 540 (A)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Appellate Division, Salisbury

Judge

Fieldsend CJ, Lewis JP, and Goldin JA

Heard

4th December, 1980; 23rd December, 1980

Judgment

23rd December, 1980

Counsel

A P de Bourbon for the appellant.
R Jagger for the respondents.

Case Type

Civil Appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Statutes — Defence Act [Chapter 94] — Defence Forces (Disciplined) Regulations, 1978 — whether jurisdiction of civil Courts ousted by regulations — provision, of extra judicial remedies — differential treatment between officers — absence of provision for award of pecuniary damages — exclusion criminal jurisdiction — no necessary implication that regulations bar recourse to civil Courts.

Consideration of English decisions — officers liable civilly for common law wrongs committed in excess of military jurisdiction — invasion of plaintiff's privacy by use of listening device and copying personal documents — conduct prima facie in excess of jurisdiction of military officer.

1980 ZLR p541

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