| Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence, in issue in the court case | |
| Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
| Full case name | Stella Madzimbamuto v Desmond William Lardner-Burke and Frederick Phillip George |
| Decided | 23 July 1968 |
| Citations | [1968] UKPC 18; [1968] 3 WLR 1229; [1968] 3 All ER 561; [1969] 1 AC 645 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | High Court of Southern Rhodesia |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Reid, Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, Lord Pearce, Lord Wilberforce, Lord Pearson |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Lord Reid |
| Dissent | Lord Pearce |
Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke and another [1969] 1 AC 645 is a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on United Kingdom constitutional law and the constitutional law of Rhodesia. The case was brought by Stella Madzimbamuto, to challenge the detention of her husband, Daniel Madzimbamuto, by the government of Rhodesia. The case raised the issue of the legality of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence made by Rhodesia in 1965.[1] The case is often cited in relation to the legal status of constitutional conventions in United Kingdom constitutional law.