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COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE v NYAPOKOTO 2013 (1) ZLR 251 (H)

2013 (1) ZLR p251

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
T M Maganyi, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil application

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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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