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WILSON v MINISTER OF DEFENCE & ORS 1999 (1) ZLR 144 (H)

1999 (1) ZLR p144

Citation

1999 (1) ZLR 144 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-39-99

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chidyausiku JP, Gillespie J

Heard

26 February 1999

Judgment

12 March 1999

Counsel

E W W Morris, for the applicant
Mrs L Goredema, for the respondents

Case Type

Civil application

Annotations

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Flynote

Costs — deprivation — successful party — court discharging provisional order for contempt — court still awarding costs to applicant because of special circumstances

Court — contempt of — failure to obey court order — person held illegally in custody of army — court ordering release — person continued to be held in custody so applicant instituting civil contempt proceedings — failure to obey court order must be wilful — contempt purged by release of the detained person

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