LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE & ANOR v WELLCASH DEBT COLLECTORS (PVT) LTD 2018 (2) ZLR 821 (H)
Citation | 2018 (2) ZLR 821 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-796-18 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Dube J |
Heard | 11 October 2018 |
Judgment | 28 November 2018 |
Counsel | T T G Musarurwa, for the applicants |
Case Type | Application for declaratory order |
Annotations |
Flynote
Estoppel – issue estoppel – relationship to concept of res judicata
Legal practitioner – Law Society – functions – maintenance of integrity and interests of legal profession – right to litigate in pursuit of such function
Legal practitioner – practising as a legal practitioner – work reserved for legal practitioners – debt collector threatening to take legal action against client's debtor – right to threaten legal action reserved to legal practitioners
Practice and procedure – locus standi – Law Society – Law Society having locus standi to litigate in pursuit of statutory functions
Practice and procedure – res judicata – relationship to doctrine of issue estoppel
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