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3 judgments
December 1996
R v Golisomo (Criminal Appeal 19 of 1996) [1996] MWHC 16 (30 December 1996)
A conviction based on an equivocal guilty plea and bare facts for receiving stolen property was unsafe and quashed.
  • Criminal law — receiving stolen property — plea of guilty must be supported by unequivocal facts — accused’s knowledge or reason to suspect — accused’s understanding of plea (illiteracy) — unsafe conviction quashed.
30 December 1996
Taimu v AG (Civil Cause 886 of 1994) [1996] MWHCCiv 11 (17 December 1996)
Whether damages for conversion are assessed at conversion date or judgment date when defendant unlawfully detains goods.
  • Torts — Conversion: accrual at date of conversion; measure of damages generally value at conversion; value at judgment recoverable where defendant's continued detention causes loss; award of general damages for detention.
17 December 1996
Manda and 8 Others v Electoral Commission (Civil Cause 2009 of 1996) [1996] MWHC 19 (9 December 1996)
Whether eligible but unregistered voters may obtain interlocutory relief to halt a by-election until registration disputes are adjudicated.
  • Constitutional and electoral law — right to registration and to vote — interlocutory relief — application of American Cyanamid principles — adequacy of damages — balance of convenience in election disputes.
9 December 1996