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STANDARD CHARTERED FINANCE ZIMBABWE LTD v K M EDWARDS (PVT) LTD & ORS 2001 (1) ZLR 179 (H)

2001 (1) ZLR p179

Citation

2001 (1) ZLR 179 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-35-01

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Gillespie J

Heard

31 October 2000

Judgment

28 February 2001

Counsel

A M Gijima, for the plaintiff
A J Dyke, for the respondents

Case Type

Stated Case

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Hire-purchase — finance charges — rates of interest — limits on — extent to which purchase price may exceed cash price — hire-purchase agreements subsisting between April 1990 and January 1995 — when rates specified in agreements may exceed maximum rate specified by Minister

Interpretation of statutes — golden rule — departure from literal meaning of words — departure necessary to give effect to apparent intention of legislature

Interpretation of statutes — mistake by legislature as to effect of law — interpretation of statutory provision enacted through legislature's mistaken view of the law

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