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S v STEAD 1991 (2) ZLR 54 (S)

1991 (2) ZLR p54

Citation

1991 (2) ZLR 54 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, McNally JA & Ebrahim JA

Heard

16 July 1991

Judgment

5 August 1991

Counsel

J B Colegrave for appellant
Mrs J Zindi for respondent

Case Type

Criminal appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Employment — Labour Relations (General Conditions of Employment) (Termination of Employment) Regulations, 1985 — s 2(1) — criminal liability upon termination of employment — only attaches where there is employment.

Interpretation of statutes — penal provision — two constructions possible — more lenient construction to be adopted.

Company — lifting the corporate veil — when permissible — only when exceptional circumstances exist — rule applies even if company only has one member.

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