MOHADI v STANDARD PRESS (PVT) LTD 2013 (1) ZLR 31 (H)
Citation | 2013 (1) ZLR 31 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No HH-16-13 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Zhou J |
Heard | 13 September 2012; CAV |
Judgment | 17 January 2013 |
Counsel | E W W Morris, for the excipient |
Case Type | Exception |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Delict – defamation – damages – need for amount claimed to take into account damages awarded in this and other jurisdictions – duty of lawyers not to claim excessive and unrealistic amounts
Delict – defamation – plaintiff – reference to – plaintiff not identified by name – test – need to show that defamatory aspects of publication referred to plaintiff
Legal practitioner – conduct and ethics – duty to client – need to render proper advice – must avoid creating false expectations by claiming excessive and unrealistic amounts as damages
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