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CHIADZWA v COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF POLICE & ORS 2011 (2) ZLR 241 (H)

2011 (2) ZLR p241

Citation

2011 (2) ZLR 241 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-224-11

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Bere J

Heard

28 September 2011; CAV

Judgment

11 October 2011

Counsel

P Chiutsi, for the applicant

Case Type

Opposed application

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Criminal procedure – forfeiture – article forfeited at conclusion of criminal case – conviction set aside – possession of article an offence – former possessor not entitled to have article returned to him

Legal practitioner – conduct and ethics – communication with judge – impropriety of contacting judge directly – correct course of action where joinder in proceedings sought

Practice and procedure – parties – joinder – non-joinder – not fatal to application – application for joinder – correct method of making application – impropriety of indirectly seeking joinder by complaining of non-joinder in letter to judge

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