Sat, 06 May 2017 14:30:58 +0000 By CHIKUMBI KATEBE THE cartel-captured Law Association of Zambia’s bid to join the Post Newspaper in Liquidation case has hit a snag after the Lusaka High Court threw out their application citing that they were not an interested party in the matter and that the facts and circumstances presented did not show a posture of impartiality on the part of LAZ. This was after High Court Judge Sunday Nkonde threw out the application for the association to join the winding up petition for the Post Newspapers Limited in Liquidation as amicus curiae, or a friend of the court, because they had not justified their intention to be made a party to the matter. Mr Justice Nkonde admonished LAZ not only to show zeal to apply to join as amicus curiae in commercial cases but to also do so in human rights litigation involving or affecting vulnerable and marginalized persons […]
