BOZIMO TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT CO (PVT) LTD v FIRST MERCHANT BANK OF ZIMBABWE LTD & ORS 2000 (1) ZLR 1 (H)

2000 (1) ZLR p1

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Legal practitioner — conduct and ethics — representation of party — legal practitioner chairman of applicant company — practitioner allowed to represent company but as agent of company and not as officer of court — practitioner emotionally involved in proceedings — advisability of employing counsel to argue case

Practice and procedure — affidavit — supporting affidavit filed in opposition to claim — false statements in affidavit — whether such opposition defective

Practice and procedure — interdict — anti-dissipation interdict — interdict sought in respect of assets outside jurisdiction — may be granted where will be effective — requirements for issue of anti-dissipation interdict — such interdict is a species of interim interdict — requirements for interim interdict must be satisfied — only necessary for applicant to show prima facie case

Practice and procedure — party — non-suiting of — grounds — allegations of falsehood in respondent's affidavits — whether this can be basis for non-suiting party