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ECONET WIRELESS (PVT) LTD v ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY & ANOR 2019 (1) ZLR 498 (S)

2019 (1) ZLR p498

Citation

2019 (1) ZLR 498 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-17-19

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Malaba DCJ, Gowora JA & Mavangira JA

Heard

10 May 2016

Judgment

28 February 2019

Counsel

T Nyambirai, for the appellant
L Mazonde, for the respondents

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Flynote

Costs – order as to – discretion lying with court seized with matter – limited grounds on which appeal court may interfere with such discretion

Customs and excise – classification of goods for duty purposes – responsibility for classification resting with revenue authorities – no responsibility placed on importer

Estoppel – application – representations by party – when party estopped from disavowing representations – principles – need to show representation in word or deed which might have reasonably misled party seeking to rely on estoppel; that party was misled and that representation induced party to act as it did

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