STAMBOLIE v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 1989 (3) ZLR 287 (S)
Citation | 1989 (3) ZLR 287 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay JA, McNally JA, Manyarara JA, Korsah JA & Ebrahim AJA |
Heard | 31 July 1989 |
Judgment | 21 November 1989 |
Counsel | A N H Eastwood for the appellant |
Case Type | Civil appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Appeal — constitutional point being raised for first time on appeal — whether appellant should be restricted to matters argued in court a quo.
Constitutional law — prescription of claims arising out of constitutional rights — whether enactments imposing time limits are unconstitutional — constitutionality of s 76 of Police Act [Chapter 98].
Delict — false arrest or imprisonment and malicious arrest or imprisonment — distinction between.
Prescription — constitutional right to freedom from unlawful arrest — whether claim may be prescribed.
Statutes — Police Act [Chapter 98] — s 76 — notice of intended civil action — what must be in notice.
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