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Supreme Court
Elen Olivia Lock v Alan Charles Patrick Ingram Lock (2) The Sheriff of Zimbabwe
SC 127/22
Case Details
Court
Supreme Court
Date
18 November 2022
Citation
SC 127/22
Neutral Citation
[2022] ZWSC 127
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
MWAYERA JA
Full Bench
BHUNU JAKUDYA JAMWAYERA JA
Areas of Law
Family LawBanking & FinanceCivil Procedure
Keywords
foreign obligationjudgment debtmatrimonial assetsexchange rateSI 33/2019RTGS dollars
Tags
matrimonial property divisionforeign currency obligationsjudgment debtexchange control
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Matrimonial Causes Act
- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act
- Finance Act (No. 2) Act, 2019
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the first respondent's debt to the appellant constitutes a foreign obligation","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Judgment debt expressed in US dollars; parties Zimbabwean residents; assets located offshore"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The parties divorced in 2017 with a court order requiring the first respondent to pay US$495,000 to the appellant. Dispute arose over whether this constituted a foreign obligation exempt from SI 33/2019 currency conversion provisions. The first respondent paid in local currency at 1:1 rate while appellant contended it should be at interbank rate.
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