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BEITBRIDGE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL v RUSSELL CONSTRUCTION CO (PVT) LTD 1998 (2) ZLR 190 (S)

1998 (2) ZLR p190

Citation

1998 (2) ZLR 190 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-129-98

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, McNally JA & Sandura JA

Heard

6 July 1998

Judgment

21 August 1998

Counsel

A D Murphy, for the appellant
J S Sayce, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Practice and procedure — default judgment — rescission — grounds in which rescission may be granted — failure to enter appearance due to inactivity on part of defendant's legal practitioners — no reasonable explanation for such inactivity possible — practitioner's non-compliance with rules treated as non-compliance by defendant

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