Results.
6 judgments found.
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| October 1985 |
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Petitioner entitled to alimony pendente lite; only compulsory salary deductions reduce husband’s income for support, ordered K100 monthly.
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Family law — Divorce Act s.25 — alimony pendente lite — discretionary award; only compulsory, salary-ancillary deductions properly reduce husband’s free income; credibility of claimed commitments.
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30 October 1985 |
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14 October 1985 |
| August 1985 |
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Applicant awarded damages after court preferred his evidence and found the respondent wholly at fault in a rear‑end collision.
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Motor vehicle collision — negligence of following driver — contest of oaths and credibility assessment — admissibility/weight of post‑accident signed statement and Police report — no contributory negligence — award of proved special damages and general damages.
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15 August 1985 |
| July 1985 |
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Substituted service by newspaper advertisement permitted where an absconding legal practitioner cannot be personally served.
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Legal practitioners — disciplinary proceedings — substituted service by advertisement — absconding practitioner — service outside jurisdiction — section 21 Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act.
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31 July 1985 |
| June 1985 |
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Petition granted where the respondent's cruelty and adultery with the co-respondent were proven; costs awarded.
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Family law — Divorce — Cruelty: physical assaults and prolonged neglect causing injury and mental maltreatment — Adultery: inference from cohabitation, shared bedroom and purported registration of marriage — No condonation or collusion — Decree nisi granted.
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18 June 1985 |
| April 1985 |
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Applicant failed to show special circumstances or affidavit evidence to justify a stay of proceedings pending appeal.
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Civil procedure — Stay of proceedings pending appeal — Appeal not an automatic stay — Stay is discretionary — Applicant must show special circumstances supported by affidavit (risk of non-repayment, company of straw) — Absence of affidavit disentitles applicant to stay.
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3 April 1985 |