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August 1997
Mutale & Another v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 11 of 1997) [1997] ZMSC 27 (11 August 1997)
Where circumstantial evidence permits competing inferences, lingering doubts must be resolved for the accused, quashing unsafe manslaughter convictions.
  • Criminal law — Circumstantial evidence — Drawing of inferences — Where two or more inferences possible adopt the one favourable to accused — Lingering doubts resolved in favour of accused — Conviction unsafe where linkage and identity uncertain
11 August 1997
University of Zambia Council v Calder (S.C.Z. Judgment 5 of 1998) [1997] ZMSC 29 (11 August 1997)
An application under s4/Rule 48 must be brought before a single judge's extended time expires; late applications are misconceived.
  • Appeal — extension of time — application to full court against single judge's decision — Section 4(1)(b) and Rule 48(4) — timing of application; once single judge's order has taken effect full court cannot vary or reverse it
11 August 1997