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BOTHA v ZVADA & ANOR 1997 (1) ZLR 415 (S)

1997 (1) ZLR p415

Citation

1997 (1) ZLR 415 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-62-97

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Muchechetere JA

Heard

10 March 1997

Judgment

24 April 1997

Counsel

Details not supplied

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Delict — actio injuriarum — false arrest and detention — reasonable grounds for arrest — whether such grounds existed — discretion as to whether or not to arrest — whether discretion exercised reasonably

Damages — delict — actio injuriarum — false arrest and detention — elderly man arrested and detained when arrest and detention neither justified nor necessary — appropriate damages

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