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MBATHA v ZIZHOU & ANOR 2018 (2) ZLR 656 (S)

2018 (2) ZLR p656

Citation

2018 (2) ZLR 656 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-69-18

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Makarau JA, Hlatshwayo JA & Patel JA

Heard

28 May 2018

Judgment

30 October 2018

Counsel

Appellant in person
R Mabwe, for the first respondent
H Mutasa, for the second respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

Flynote

Arbitration – referral of matter to – effect – prescription – subsequent claim for delictual damages arising from the same cause of action – prescription interrupted by referral to arbitration

Prescription – interruption of – whether submission to arbitration suspends the running of prescription – subsequent claim for delictual damages arising from the same cause of action

Statutes – Prescription Act [Chapter 8:11], s 17(1)(d) – interpretation – provision designed to protect litigants who submit to arbitration – running of prescription arrested

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