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RIOZIM LTD & ANOR v MARANATHA FERROCHROME (PVT) LTD & ANOR 2020 (1) ZLR 655 (H)

2020 (1) ZLR p655

Citation

2020 (1) ZLR 655 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-228-20

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chikowero J

Heard

6 March 2020

Judgment

18 March 2020

Counsel

T W Nyamakura, for the applicants
U Sakhe, for the first respondent
No appearance for the second respondent

Case Type

Civil application

Annotations

Flynote

Arbitration – conduct of proceedings – interim ruling on jurisdiction – time limits for approaching High Court to decide issue – failure to comply with limits fatal – award – review – review applicable only to final award terminating proceedings – review not applicable to interim rulings

The claim by the first respondent in this arbitration was for the first applicant to transfer certain mining claims to the second applicant and further for the first applicant to transfer certain shares in the second applicant to the first respondent. The claim was founded on a shareholders' agreement entered into between the first applicant and the first respondent. The applicants filed a statement of defence to the claim wherein they took two special pleas, namely:

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