High Court of Malawi Civil Division - 1995 January

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January 1995
Whether wrongful arrest and detention entitle the plaintiff to damages for false imprisonment and lost promotion prospects.
Tort — False imprisonment — Unlawful arrest and detention following workplace incident — Quantum of damages for lengthy detention and poor prison conditions; Damages for loss of promotion prospects — Defamation — burden to prove publication; Civil procedure — amendment to pleadings allowed if duly served and uncontested; Failure of state defendant to appear.
24 January 1995