MATAPO & ORS v BHILA NO & ANOR 2010 (1) ZLR 321 (H)
Citation | 2010 (1) ZLR 321 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-84-10 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Uchena J |
Heard | 29 April 2010; 10 May 2010 |
Judgment | 14 May 2010 |
Counsel | C Warara, for the applicants |
Case Type | Civil application |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Court – judicial officer – recusal – application for – grounds – bias – appearance of bias – application must be based on reasonable litigant's apprehension of bias and apprehension itself must be reasonable – refusal to grant postponement – not in itself an indication of bias – previous knowledge of case – magistrate having convicted an accomplice who was to be called as witness in subsequent trial – reasonable to fear that he would not dispassionately assess accomplice's evidence
Criminal procedure – review – uncompleted proceedings – when court may entertain application for review
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