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Harare High Court

ASP Marketing CC v Lunar Chickens (Private) Limited & 3 Ors

HH 535-23

Case Details

Court
Harare High Court
Date
27 September 2023
Citation
HH 535-23
Neutral Citation
[2023] ZWHH 535
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Trial

Bench

Presiding
Mafusire J
Full Bench
Mafusire J
Areas of Law
Contract lawCompany lawCivil procedure
Keywords
Maize supply contractSoya beans supply contractPrescriptionArbitration clauseExchange control regulationsCorporate veil piercing
Tags
Contract disputeCorporate veil piercingUnjust enrichmentSpecial pleas
legislation
Statutes Cited
  • Prescription Act
  • Prescription Act
  • Prescription Act
  • Constitution of Zimbabwe
  • Exchange Control Regulations, 1996
  • Exchange Control Regulations, 1996
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Case Summary

Key Issues

  • {"issue_text":"Whether the claims are prescribed under the Prescription Act","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Debts became due in 2010, acknowledgment in 2012, summons issued 2014"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether arbitration clauses oust court jurisdiction","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Written contracts contained arbitration clauses for South Africa"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether contracts violated exchange control regulations","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Payment to be made in US dollars to South African account"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether ASP Marketing proceedings are properly authorized","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Resolution authorized court application not action"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether claim can be made in US dollars after SI 33 of 2019","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Debt denominated in US dollars, SI 33 introduced RTGS dollars"}
  • {"issue_text":"Whether New Donnington and Rimaitidye were properly joined","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Parties joined by court order in 2015"}
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Facts of the Case

Background

ASP Marketing CC, a South African close corporation, supplied maize and soya beans to Lunar Chickens (Private) Limited in 2009-2010 under verbal and written contracts. After delivery of goods worth over US$2.2 million, only US$140,000 was paid. ASP Marketing sued for the balance and alternatively for unjust enrichment against Lunar Chickens and related companies including Gideon Gono personally. Defendants raised special pleas of prescription, arbitration, illegality, lack of authority, currency of claim, and misjoinder.
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