AUSTIN & ANOR v THE MINISTER OF STATE (SECURITY) & ANOR BULL v THE MINISTER OF STATE (SECURITY) & ORS 1986 (2) ZLR 28 (S)
Citation | 1986 (2) ZLR 28 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA & McNally JA |
Heard | 24 July 1986 |
Judgment | 31 July 1986 |
Counsel | A P de Bourbon SC for the appellants |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Audi alteram partem — denial to other party of access to document — reliance placed on document — irregularity.
Practice and procedure — document handed to judge in Chambers — not under cover of affidavit or Ministerial certificate — irregularity.
Constitution — detainee — protection of law — prohibits reliance on document not shown to other party — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1981, s 18 (10), (11) and (12).
Legislation — Civil Evidence Act [Chapter 41] s 33A — Courts and Adjudicating Authorities (Publicity Restriction) Act 1985, s 4 — Emergency Powers (Maintenance of Law and Order) Regulations SI 458/1983, s 17, s 21 and s 31(3) — Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act 1984 s 11(9).
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