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BEITBRIDGE-BULAWAYO RAILWAY (PVT) LTD v COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE CO OF ZIMBABWE LTD 2008 (1) ZLR 207 (S)

2008 (1) ZLR p207

Citation

2008 (1) ZLR 207 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-57-07

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Cheda JA, Gwaunza JA & Garwe JA

Heard

25 June 2007

Judgment

11 March 2008

Counsel

J C Andersen SC, for the appellant
A P de Bourbon SC, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Contract — performance — impossibility — when extinguishes obligations under contract — parties contemplating situation giving rise to impossibility — defendant not able to rely on impossibility to avoid obligations

Contract — performance — reciprocity — when party sued on contract entitled to rely on reciprocity by other party — principle of reciprocity may be excluded by contract itself

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