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March 1985
Mhango v Ngulube & Another (S.C.Z. Judgment 5 of 1983) [1985] ZMSC 8 (23 March 1985)
An appellate court will not disturb a trial judge’s credibility findings absent perversity; special losses must be proved and salvage deducted.
  • Civil procedure — Appeal against findings of fact and credibility; limits on appellate interference — Damages — Assessment of special loss; proof required — Motor vehicle written off; salvage value deductible — Insurance not determinative of damages
23 March 1985
Zulu v Times Newspapers (Zambia) Limited (S.C.Z. Judgment 7 of 1985) [1985] ZMSC 7 (14 March 1985)
Court: interpretation of defamatory words is for the court; fair comment on TAW scandal upheld.
  • Defamation (libel) — meaning of words — court’s function to determine ordinary meaning — fair comment defence — reliance on Hansard and prior reports to establish factual substratum — Kemsley v Foot applied — "got away with" not necessarily implying criminality
14 March 1985