Cecil Madondo & Cecilia Vimbainashe Dauramanzi v Brian Mapurisa & Freddy Chimbari N.O. & The Master of the High Court & Chivhu Holdings (Private) Limited & The Registrar of Companies

SC 118/2020

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Case Details

Court

Supreme Court

Date

11 October 2018

Citation

SC 118/2020

Neutral Citation

[2020] ZWSC 118

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

GOWORA JA

Full Bench

MAKARAU JAGOWORA JABERE JA

Areas of Law

Succession LawEstate AdministrationCompany Law

Keywords

Administration of Estates Actestate re-registrationshares in deceased estateprocedural compliancefraud

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo was correct in declining jurisdiction to hear the matter on the merits","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants brought action in 2014, more than 30 days after Master's decision"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the award of costs on a punitive scale amounted to a misdirection","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"First appellant had previously raised similar procedural point in another case"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The dispute concerned the administration of estates of two deceased business partners who owned shares in Chivhu Holdings. The first respondent successfully had his father's estate re-registered in 2010 to include previously omitted shares. The appellants challenged this re-registration in 2014, alleging fraud, but failed to follow the statutory procedure and time limits.

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