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ZUVA PETROLEUM (PVT) LTD v MOTSI & ANOR 2014 (2) ZLR 728 (H)

2014 (2) ZLR p728

Citation

2014 (2) ZLR 728 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-648-14

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chigumba J

Heard

6 November 2014; CAV

Judgment

26 November 2014

Counsel

E Jera, for the applicant
Mrs J B Wood, for the respondents

Case Type

Opposed application

Annotations

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Flynote

Costs – legal practitioner and client scale – unethical conduct on part of legal practitioners – practitioners deliberately failing to advise other party of planned proceeding, result in unnecessary litigation – costs on higher scale awarded

Legal practitioner – conduct and ethics – duty to other legal practitioners – duty to advise other party's legal practitioners of planned proceedings – deliberately failing to do so, resulting in unnecessary litigation – costs on higher scale awarded

Practice and procedure – judgment – default judgment – rescission – applicant unaware of proceedings – whether in wilful default – legal practitioner failing to advise applicant of proceedings – good prospects of success in main action – rescission granted

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