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MUZEYA v MARAIS & ANOR 2004 (1) ZLR 326 (H)

2004 (1) ZLR p326

Citation

2004 (1) ZLR p326 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-80-04

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chinhengo J

Heard

25 September 2003; 27 November 2003; 28 November 2003; 23 February 2003; 26 February 2003

Judgment

31 March 2004

Counsel

T D Muskwe, for the plaintiff
R Y Phillips, for the defendants

Case Type

Civil action

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Damages — assessment — principles — declining value and reduced purchasing power of money — debt sounding in money — any award must be paid in terms of nominal value, not an amount which has equivalent purchasing power

Damages — assessment — principles — loss of future earnings — approached to be adopted

Damages — assessment — principles — loss resulting in expenditure of foreign currency — permissible for make award in foreign currency

Practice and procedure — judgment — claim expressed in foreign currency — when permissible to give judgment in foreign currency — loss resulting in expenditure of foreign currency

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