Read the full judgment text of CACV 000035/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is another case where confusion has arisen as a result of a failure to appreciate the true nature of the proceedings and to follow the prescribed procedure in relation to habeas corpus. An Order of Habeas Corpus was issued on 8th December 1980 to the Commissioner of Prisons. The notice served with the writ called for a return to be made on 29th December 1980. On the day appointed the return should have been read and Counsel for the person detained (whom I shall refer to as "the Appellant