First Mutual Life Assurance v Jackson MuziVi

SC 95/20

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Case Details

Court

Supreme Court

Date

3 July 2020

Citation

SC 95/20

Neutral Citation

[2020] ZWSC 95

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

MAKARAU JA

Author

MAVANGIRA JA

Full Bench

MAKARAU JAGUVAVA JAMAVANGIRA JA

Areas of Law

Labour lawCivil procedure

Keywords

currency conversionLabour Court jurisdictionfunctus officiores judicatajudgment execution

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Did the Labour Court have jurisdiction to convert a Zimbabwe dollar award to US dollars?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"2011 judgment in Zimbabwe dollars; currency demonetised"}
{"issue_text":"Was the Labour Court functus officio?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Final judgment issued in 2011"}
{"issue_text":"Was the matter res judicata?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Same parties, same judgment"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The Labour Court had issued a 2011 judgment partly in US dollars and partly in Zimbabwe dollars. In 2016 the respondent registered the judgment with the High Court and executed the US dollar portion. When unable to execute the Zimbabwe dollar portion due to currency valuelessness, he applied to the Labour Court to convert the Zimbabwe dollar amount to US dollars. The Labour Court found it had jurisdiction; the appellant appealed.

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