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NATIONAL FOODS LTD v KNIGHT FRANK (PVT) LTD 2018 (2) ZLR 493 (H)

2018 (2) ZLR p493

Citation

2018 (2) ZLR 493 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-598-18

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Dube J

Heard

28 June 2018

Judgment

3 October 2018

Counsel

T Mpofu, for the plaintiff
T Magwaliba, for the defendant

Case Type

Civil trial

Annotations

Flynote

Company – corporate veil — lifting of — when permissible — companies forming part of a single economic entity — when permissible to treat such companies as a whole instead of as separate units — need to show fraud and other improper conduct and that separate identity a sham or device

Delict – negligence – liability – negligent misstatement – when maker of statement may be liable – need for plaintiff to show that he relied on and acted on misstatement

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