The Weekly Law Reports
[1979] 3 WLR 792
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
MUTASA
v.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
[1976 M No. 3039]
1979 April 30;
May 1, 2
May 1, 2
Boreham J.
Crown
— Duty of
— Protection of citizen
— Illegal arrest and detention of British subject in Southern Rhodesia
— Whether breach of duty justiciable
Rhodesia
— Constitution
— Unilateral declaration of independence
— Illegal arrest and detention of British subject in Southern Rhodesia
— Crown's duty to protect subjects
— Whether arising otherwise than in respect of H.M. Government in United Kingdom
—
Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 44), s. 40 (2) (b)
—
Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 (c. 76), s. 2