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STAMBOLIE v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 1989 (3) ZLR 287 (S)

1989 (3) ZLR p287

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
D P Carter for the respondent

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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