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June 1963
Pola Szeftel v Gutel Szeftel ((1963 - 1964) Z and NRLR 9) [1963] ZMHCNR 2 (6 June 1963)
A taxing officer may exceed ordinary costs scale under Order XXXIV, rule 7; it differs from the court’s higher-scale discretion.
  • Costs — Taxing officer’s discretion under Order XXXIV, r.7 to exceed scale based on skill, labour and responsibility — Distinct from court’s power under Order I, r.6A requiring special grounds — Review of taxation refused.
6 June 1963
April 1963
Laurent v Williams ((1963 - 1964) Z and NRLR 4) [1963] ZMHCNR 1 (27 April 1963)
Arrest without warrant was lawful where officer had reasonable grounds under s.22(g) and the Fugitive Offenders Act applied.
  • Habeas corpus — legality of warrantless arrest under s.22(g) Criminal Procedure Code — reasonable grounds from telegraphic signal — applicability of Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 — duty to inform arrested person truthfully — procedural irregularity in affidavit not fatal.
27 April 1963
March 1963
Re Diamond Kazoka ((1963 - 1964) Z and NRLR 1) [1963] ZMHCNR 3 (23 March 1963)
A magistrate's court has inherent jurisdiction to punish for contempt where a person fails to attend a judgment summons.
  • Contempt of court — failure to attend a judgment summons — Order 38 r.15 and s.44 Subordinate Courts Ordinance — s.99 Penal Code (summary contempts) — inherent jurisdiction of a court of record to punish contempts in its face — magistrate’s summary punishment upheld.
23 March 1963