Valentine Ziswa & Anor v Graeme Shaun Chadwick

SC 52/25

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Case Details

Court

Supreme Court

Date

3 July 2025

Citation

SC 52/25

Neutral Citation

[2025] ZWSC 52

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

CHATUKUTA JA

Full Bench

UCHENA JAKUDYA JACHATUKUTA JA

Areas of Law

Civil ProcedureMonetary Policy & FinanceContracts

Keywords

SI 33/19RTGS DollarsInterbank RateSupreme Court ActDeclaratory Order

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the Supreme Court judgment in SC 92-22 is a judgment debt affected by the provisions of s 4(1)(d) of SI 33/19 (requiring payment at one-to-one rate).","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Date of SC judgment vs Effective date of SI 33/19"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the judges who sat in SC 92-22 should recuse themselves from hearing this appeal.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Judges Uchena JA and Kudya JA were on the bench for SC 92-22"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The appellants obtained a Supreme Court judgment in US dollars against the respondent on 29 July 2022. The respondent sought a declarator to pay this debt in local currency at a one-to-one rate, arguing the liability arose from a 2015 High Court judgment. The High Court agreed, but the Supreme Court overturned this, ruling the debt arose after the effective date of SI 33/19 and must be paid at the interbank rate.

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