COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE v NYAPOKOTO 2013 (1) ZLR 251 (H)
Citation | 2013 (1) ZLR 251 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HB-59-13 |
Court | High Court, Bulawayo |
Judge | Makonese J |
Heard | 5 March 2013; CAV |
Judgment | 14 March 2013 |
Counsel | R M Basera, for the applicant |
Case Type | Civil application |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Costs – higher scale – litigant in contempt of a court order – deliberate and knowing defiance of court orders by police officers – costs on the higher scale awarded
Practice and procedure – parties – party in contempt of court – relief not to be granted to a litigant with dirty hands – need to purge such contempt – court must not be seen to assist a litigant in defying court order
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