Robert Dow v Pomelo Mining (Pvt) Ltd and Pomelo Trading (Pvt) Ltd

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Is the plaintiff’s claim prescribed against either defendant?","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Debt due 14 May 2016; summons 6 Sep 2018; acknowledgment 30 May 2017; second defendant joined 2024"}
• {"issue_text":"May a defendant raise prescription by exception rather than special plea?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"First defendant pleaded prescription 2022 after merits plea filed 2019"}
• {"issue_text":"Is the first defendant’s late exception/special plea on misjoinder admissible?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Misjoinder point available 2018 but raised 2022-2024 without condonation"}
• {"issue_text":"Does the declaration disclose a cause of action against first defendant?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Contract names Pomelo Trading; plaintiff sued Pomelo Mining"}

Background