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2 judgments
January 1983
In Re: Munungu; In Re: Legal Practitioner's Act (HP 1380 of 1982) [1983] ZMHC 2 (26 January 1983)
Conviction for theft by public servant rendered the practitioner unfit, warranting striking off the Roll.
  • Legal practitioners — Misconduct — Theft by public servant — Application of proviso to s.53 of the Legal Practitioners Act — Criminal conviction as ground for striking off — Test whether offence is personally disgraceful (Re Weare; Cordery)
26 January 1983
People v Shamwana and Others (HP 166 of 1981) [1983] ZMHC 1 (19 January 1983)
Court upheld power to amend information at no‑case stage, clarified accomplice corroboration, and convicted accused for treason and misprision.
  • Criminal law — Amendment of information at no‑case stage; invisible alternative charges; application of English pre‑1911 statutes; treason proof and witness requirements; accomplice corroboration; discretion to exclude Judges' Rules breaches; duress defence to continuous offence
19 January 1983