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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