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TOWERS v CHITAPA 1996 (2) ZLR 261 (H)

1996 (2) ZLR p261

Citation

1996 (2) ZLR 261 (HC)

Case No

Judgment No. HH 126-96

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Gillespie J

Heard

7, 8 September 1997

Judgment

11 September 1997

Counsel

B Mugabe, for the plaintiff
F Girach, for the defendant

Case Type

Civil action

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Practice and procedureres judicata — requirements of — issue estoppel — whether part of our law — previous default judgment — relevance of — whether court entitled to raise the matter mero motu

Delict — actio legis aquiliae — unlawful occupation of property — whether damages available against a bona fide possessor

Propertybona fide possessor — nature of — knowledge of completing claim — whether dealings bona fide

Legal practitioner — conduct and ethics — client — duty to — whether unprofessional conduct on part of legal practitioner to act for two parties with conflicting interests

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