Tort – defamation – defamation based on HIV status
Evidence - Admissibility-Doctor's report - Doctor's personal attendance not possible - Admissibility of doctor's report under s. 34(b) of Evidence Act. Evidence - Doctor's report made on request from advocate - Whether report amounts to entry or memorandum in books or record kept in the ordinary course of business or kept in the discharge of professional duty - Construction. Tort - Damages - General damages - Approach of assessment-Assessment of general damages under different heads of personal injuries unsatisfactory.
Limitation — Suit for damages for adultery — Accrual of action — Local Customary Law (Declaration) Order 1963, ss. 725, 125, 127.
Tort — Damages — Quantum of damages in an action for adultery.
Statute — Interpretation—“ ... amekubali ubaba” Meaning of — Local Customary law (Declaration) Order 1963, s. 126.
Negligence - Damages - General and special - Method of assessment.