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ALSPITE INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD v WESTERHOFF 2009 (2) ZLR 226 (H)

2009 (2) ZLR p226

Citation

2009 (2) ZLR 226 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-99-09

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Makarau JP

Heard

9 June2009; 6 July 2009; 7 July 2009

Judgment

7 October 2009

Counsel

T B Ndoro, for the plaintiff
N Zvidzai, for the defendant

Case Type

Civil trial

Annotations

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Flynote

Family law – husband and wife – divorce – distribution of property following divorce – rights of former spouses thereto – nature of rights – not rights in rem – court order creates personal rights inter partes only

Property and real rights – ownership – vindication – actio rei vindicatio – founded in property law actio in rem – enforceable against the world at rge – irrelevance of equitable considerations – acquisition of property by third party – in absence of fraud rights of third party to property cannot be resisted

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