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KASHIRI v MUVIRIMI 1988 (1) ZLR 270 (S)

1988 (1) ZLR p270

Citation

1988 (1) ZLR 270 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Dumbutshena CJ, McNally JA & Korsah JA

Heard

22 March 1988

Judgment

20 April 1988

Counsel

T M Rajah for the appellant
No appearance for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Family law — paternity — proof of — credibility of woman where no other evidence of intimacy is available — binding nature of previous court decision on same matter between same parties.

Evidence — res judicata — judgment of community court in action for damages for seduction determining that sexual intimacy had occurred-man estopped in later claim for maintenance from denying that intimacy had occurred.

Courts — decisions by — need for reasons and findings of credibility to be given.

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