Tom Beattie Farms (Private) Limited a.k.a. Chigwell Estate and Thomas Irving Beattie v Ignatius Mugova and Attorney-General of Zimbabwe

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the refusal to refer the constitutional issue in the magistrate's court was wrongful and a breach of the applicants' right to protection of law","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Refusal to refer constitutional issue"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether section 277(3) and (5) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act is consistent with section 18(1) and (13)(b) of the Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Prosecution under criminal law provisions"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether sections 3(2) and 3(3) of the Gazetted Lands (Consequential Provisions) Act are consistent with section 18(1) of the Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Prosecution under land law provisions"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the Chegutu workshop violated rights under section 18(2) of the Constitution","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Workshop held on 6 February 2009"}

Background