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November 1979
Kaole Contracting and Engineering Company Limited v Mindeco Small Mines Limited (HN 201 of 1979) [1979] ZMHC 30 (22 November 1979)
Default judgment set aside where appearance was timely before entry and service was not at the respondent's registered office.
  • Civil procedure — Default judgment — Effective date of judgment is date pronounced/signed and entered; service on a limited company must be at its registered office; improper entry or service renders default judgment irregular
22 November 1979
People v Phiri and Another (HP 135 of 1979) [1979] ZMHC 31 (22 November 1979)
Single-witness identification, corroborated by possession of stolen property, sufficed to convict the accused.
  • [Identification evidence — personal identification adequacy; Single-witness ID — risk of honest mistake; Burden of proof — prosecution must prove identity; Corroboration — possession of stolen property; Alibi — duty to investigate and negative unsubstantiated alibi]
22 November 1979