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DAVIES & ORS v MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE & WATER DEVELOPMENT 1994 (2) ZLR 294 (H)

1994 (2) ZLR p294

Citation

1994 (2) ZLR 294 (H)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chidyausiku J

Heard

5 July 1994

Judgment

9 November 1994

Counsel

A P de Bourbon SC for the applicants
A V M Chikumira, with him Mrs A Guvava, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil application

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Constitutional law — Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 — Declaration of Rights — ss 11 and 16 — right to property and protection against compulsory acquisition of property — whether Part IV of Land Acquisition Act 3 of 1992 is ultra vires the provisions of the Constitution — whether designation of land without compensation amounts to acquisition of interest in property without payment of compensation

Immovable property — land — acquisition of interest in land — whether designation of land amounts to acquisition of interest in land such that compensation must tee paid in terms of s 16 of Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980

Real rights — ownership — doctrine of eminent domain of state over personal and private property — whether part of our law

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