BARKER MCCORMAC (PVT) LTD v GOVERNMENT OF KENYA 1983 (1) ZLR 137 (H)

1983 (1) ZLR p137

Citation	1983 (1) ZLR 137 (H)
Case No	Details not supplied
Court	High Court, Harare
Judge	Waddington J
Heard	24 February, 3 March 1983; 4 March 1983; 10 March 1983
Judgment	16 March 1983
Counsel	C S Grossman, for the applicant. M J Gillespie, for the respondent (on 24 February); postea no appearance for the respondent.
Case Type	Details not supplied
Annotations	Link to case annotations

Flynote

Constitutional law — sovereign immunity — restrictive as opposed to absolute doctrines — distinction between acts jure imperii and acts jure gestionis - act of State — recognition by Government that a building is the embassy of another sovereign State — actions against sovereign States — whether proper for court mero motu to raise question of immunity even if State itself does not.

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