Blooming Lilly Investments (Private) Limited and Reytalon Limited v Ontage Resources (Private) Limited and Tapuwa Zebron Gurupira and Tawanda Elias Gurupira and The Registrar of Companies (N.O)

HH 1-21

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

4 January 2021

Citation

HH 1-21

Neutral Citation

[2021] ZWHH 1

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Opposed Matter

Bench

Presiding

Mangota J

Full Bench

Mangota J

Areas of Law

Civil procedureCompany law

Keywords

Special pleaExceptionReplicationPrescriptionLocus standiCause of action

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether failure to file replication to special pleas constitutes admission","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Plaintiffs did not file replication to defendants' special pleas"}
{"issue_text":"Whether heads of argument can substitute for replication","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Plaintiffs addressed special pleas in heads instead of replication"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The plaintiffs sued defendants alleging illegal benefits obtained in violation of the Companies Act. The defendants raised four special pleas (locus standi, lack of authority, prescription, absence of cause of action). The plaintiffs failed to file a replication to these special pleas, instead attempting to address them in their heads of argument.

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