MUZEYA v MARAIS & ANOR 2004 (1) ZLR 326 (H)
Citation | 2004 (1) ZLR p326 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-80-04 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Chinhengo J |
Heard | 25 September 2003; 27 November 2003; 28 November 2003; 23 February 2003; 26 February 2003 |
Judgment | 31 March 2004 |
Counsel | T D Muskwe, for the plaintiff |
Case Type | Civil action |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Damages — assessment — principles — declining value and reduced purchasing power of money — debt sounding in money — any award must be paid in terms of nominal value, not an amount which has equivalent purchasing power
Damages — assessment — principles — loss of future earnings — approached to be adopted
Damages — assessment — principles — loss resulting in expenditure of foreign currency — permissible for make award in foreign currency
Practice and procedure — judgment — claim expressed in foreign currency — when permissible to give judgment in foreign currency — loss resulting in expenditure of foreign currency
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