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AURIDIAM ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD v MODUS PUBLICATIONS (PVT) LTD 1993 (2) ZLR 359 (H)

1993 (2) ZLR p359

Citation

1993 (2) ZLR 359 (H)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Robinson J

Heard

3 November 1993

Judgment

17 November 1993

Counsel

E W W Morris for the excipient (defendant)
J C Andersen SC for the respondent (plaintiff)

Case Type

Exception

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Delict — actio injuriarum — defamation — defamatory nature of statement — innuendo — pleading -"quasi innuendo" relied on — plaintiff bound by specific meanings of words selected by him as being defamatory — test of whether matter is defamatory — exception stage of proceedings — article published in newspaper circulating among people of higher education and intelligence

Practice and procedure — defamation action — exception to claim as disclosing no cause of action — exception successful — effect on claim

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