Supreme Court of Zambia - 1992 August

3 judgments

Court registries

  • Filters
  • Judges
  • Alphabet
Sort by:
3 judgments
Citation
Judgment date
August 1992
Driver aware of defective tyres must inspect or drive cautiously; failure can sustain a dangerous-driving conviction.
Criminal law — Causing death by dangerous driving — Defective tyres and skid defence — Onus on prosecution where skid is alleged — Driver's duty to inspect and drive cautiously.
28 August 1992
Res ipsa loquitur applied to an unsecured water tank causing a collision; defendant failed to rebut negligence, appeal dismissed.
Torts – Negligence – Res ipsa loquitur applicability where obstruction under defendant's control causes accident; burden shifts to defendant to prove inevitable accident or Act of God; insufficiency of bare assertion of detachment; pleadings deficiencies not fatal where negligence evidence admitted; damages for loss of business supported by unchallenged evidence.
28 August 1992
Aggravating trafficking circumstances and the applicant’s transient status justified imprisonment despite availability of a fine.
'Sentence' — Custodial sentence for drug trafficking where statute allows a fine; aggravating circumstances justify imprisonment for first offenders; Dangerous Drugs Act s.19A; importation/secret compartments indicative of trafficking; transient/non-resident status may render fines ineffective.
24 August 1992