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May 1987
Attorney-General v Ngoma (S.C.Z. Judgment 18 of 1987) [1987] ZMSC 16 (3 May 1987)
Serious police assault and false imprisonment justified high compensatory damages; appellate court upheld the award.
  • Damages — Assault and false imprisonment — Serious police misconduct — Exemplary element reflected in compensatory damages — Appellate interference only if award wrong in principle or wholly unreasonable
3 May 1987
Mundanda v Mulwani & Another (S.C.Z. Judgment 10 of 1987) [1987] ZMSC 17 (3 May 1987)
Specific performance ordered where sale contract could lawfully be fulfilled and damages were inadequate.
  • Contract — Sale of land — Specific performance preferred to damages; Illegality — contract capable of lawful performance enforceable; Land (Conversion of Titles) Act s.13(1) — Presidential consent and subdivision not automatically fatal to specific performance
3 May 1987