Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries v Rita Marque Mbatha and The Sheriff of Zimbabwe N.O

HH 578-22

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

31 August 2022

Citation

HH 578-22

Neutral Citation

[2022] ZWHH 578

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Mhuri J

Full Bench

Mhuri J

Areas of Law

Civil procedureExecution of judgmentsLabour law

Keywords

Writ of executionLabour Court orderSupreme Court orderRegistration of judgmentSection 92B Labour ActSection 24 Supreme Court Act

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether a Supreme Court order substituting a Labour Court judgment must be registered in the Labour Court before execution","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Supreme Court order issued 25 November 2019, no evidence of registration in Labour Court"}
{"issue_text":"Whether payment in RTGS$ at statutory 1:1 conversion rate satisfies a US dollar judgment debt under SI 33/2019","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Judgment debt expressed in US$, paid in RTGS$ after SI 33/2019 effective date"}
{"issue_text":"Whether a writ can be issued for a judgment debt already satisfied","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Payment made 14 January 2020, second writ issued 7 July 2020"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant sought to set aside a writ of execution issued against its property, arguing that the Supreme Court order underlying the writ was not properly registered in the Labour Court as required by law, and that the judgment debt had already been satisfied through payment in RTGS$ following statutory conversion.

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