TACHIONA & ANOR v RAILWAYS OF ZIMBABWE 2010 (2) ZLR 140 (H)
Citation | 2010 (2) ZLR 140 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HB-61-10 |
Court | High Court, Bulawayo |
Judge | Ndou J |
Heard | 2 June 2008 |
Judgment | 15 July 2010 |
Counsel | B Ndove, for the plaintiffs |
Case Type | Stated case |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Carrier - liability - carriage by land - goods lost through gross negligence of carrier or through theft by its employees - carrier's liability - extent to which carrier may exempt itself from liability
Contract - carriage - clause limiting carrier's liability - need to bring such clause to other party's attention - effect of failure to do so adequately
Contract - carriage - when a consumer contract - unfair contract - carrier limiting amount of compensation to a sum based on weight of item carried - contact expressed in language not readily understood by other party - contract referring to another document - information being conveyed in vague and uninformative fashion
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