AUSTIN & ANOR v CHAIRMAN, DETAINEES' REVIEW TRIBUNAL & ANOR 1988 (1) ZLR 21 (S)
Citation | 1988 (1) ZLR 21 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA, McNally JA, Manyarara JA & Korsah JA |
Heard | 17 July 1987 |
Judgment | 5 February 1988 |
Counsel | D T Turner-Samuels QC, with him E Chatikobo, for the appellants |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — s 18 — right to fair trial — detainees — evidence withheld from under s 31(3) of Emergency Powers (Maintenance of Law and Order) Regulations 1983 — constitutionality of section.
Administrative law — Detainees' Review tribunal — observance of natural justice by — bias — initial impression of bias created by Regulations should be countered by Tribunal's avoidance of all manifestations of bias — onus of proof — lies on Minister to justify detention.
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