USAL INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD v TAURAI CHINYAMAKOBVU and ETHICS CONSULTANCY (PVT) LTD and SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether service of the notice of set down was valid given the relocation of the applicant's legal practitioners without notice.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Relocation of Magoge Mashindi Attorneys; failure to file notice of change of legal practitioner; return of service showing an attempt."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant provided sufficient proof of ownership of the attached goods to succeed in the interpleader claim.","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"No proof of ownership was attached to affidavits by Luckmore Chitima or Big Chitima."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant and Ethics Consultancy (Pvt) Ltd are separate legal entities.","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Shared premises; salary payments; same directors."}

Background