PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 1 OF 1993 1993 (1) ZLR 241 (S)
Citation | 1993 (1) ZLR 241 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Gubbay CJ |
Heard | 16 June 1993 |
Judgment | 16 June 1993 |
Counsel | Details not supplied |
Case Type | Details not supplied |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Appeal — record of proceedings in lower court — inordinate delay in obtaining — action to be taken
Judgment
Gubbay CJ: If in any particular case, whether of a criminal or civil nature, a delay in obtaining judgment should occur which is considered to be inordinate, the aggrieved party or his legal practitioner is invited to bring such delay to the attention of the Chief Justice or the Judge President, if it be in respect of a High Court matter, and to the Chief Magistrate, if it be a Magistrates Court matter.
Upon receipt of such notification the Chief Justice, the Judge President or the Chief Magistrate, whoever has been addressed, will proceed to investigate the complaint, and provided he is satisfied that in all the circumstances, the delay is unreasonable, will apply his best endeavours to obviate it.
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