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Supreme Court of Zambia - 1995 December

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December 1995
Anz Grindleys Bank (Zambia) Limited v Kaona (S.C.Z. Judgment 12 of 1995) [1995] ZMSC 1 (31 December 1995)
Court disallowed res judicata, found dismissal void for attending union meeting, but awarded damages not reinstatement.
  • Employment law — wrongful dismissal for attending union meeting — res judicata and availability of individual reinstatement after collective proceedings — discrimination under s.108 — discretion between reinstatement and damages
31 December 1995
Chinyama & Another v People (Appeal 157 of 1995) [1995] ZMSC 45 (4 December 1995)
Eyewitness identification in daylight, corroborated by pursuit and recovery, upheld aggravated robbery convictions; appeal dismissed.
  • Criminal law — Aggravated robbery — Identification evidence in daylight — Imperfect identity parade not fatal where corroborative eyewitness evidence supports identification — Appeal dismissed
4 December 1995
Coetzee v People (Appeal 135 of 1995) [1995] ZMSC 47 (4 December 1995)
A guilty plea and first-offender status entitled the appellant to more mitigation than reflected in a six-year sentence for manslaughter.
  • Criminal law — Manslaughter — Sentencing — Effect of plea of guilty and first offender status as mitigation balanced against seriousness of domestic violence
4 December 1995