FARAI RWODZI and CHRISTOPHER SAMBAZA versus DEPOSIT PROTECTION CORPORATION (in its Capacity as the Liquidator of INTERFIN BANK Limited (under Liquidation)) and TIMOTH NATHAN CHIGANZE and JEREMIAH JUSTIN TSODZAI and RAYMOND NJANIKE and EMMANUEL CHENJERAI TAGARIRA and DAVID MBIZA and JAMES SHUMBANHETE and PELAGIA KAFESU and DR TEDDY GODFREY ZENGENI and MAXWELL REVAI and TENDAI PHINEAS CHIMURIWO and NOMSA HAZEL NCUBE

HH 580-18

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

17 July 2018

Citation

HH 580-18

Neutral Citation

[2018] ZWHH 580

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

TAGU J

Full Bench

TAGU J

Areas of Law

Civil ProcedureBanking LawCorporate Law

Keywords

Further particularsBanking litigationCorporate governanceLiquidator proceedingsDirectors' fiduciary duties

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the request for further and better particulars was properly before the court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Request made within twelve days of refusal"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the first respondent's declaration contained adequate particulars to enable defendants to plead","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Use of \"at all material times\", specific allegations of misconduct"}
{"issue_text":"Whether further and better particulars should be compelled","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Ambiguity in pleadings, need for specificity"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

Applicants sought to compel the first respondent (Deposit Protection Corporation as liquidator of Interfin Bank Limited) to supply further and better particulars to enable them to plead to the first respondent's particulars of claim. The first respondent had sued the applicants and others for US$136,097,897.09, but the applicants found the particulars inadequate to plead a defense.

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