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Harare High Court
JDM Agro – Consult & Marketing (Pvt) Ltd v The Editor of The Herald Newspaper and The Herald Newspaper
HH 61-2007
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
8 August 2007
Citation
HH 61-2007
Neutral Citation
[2007] ZWHH 61
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Trial
Bench
Presiding
GOWORA J
Full Bench
GOWORA J
Areas of Law
Defamation lawCivil procedure
Keywords
defamationcitation of partiesnullity of summonsnon-existent defendant
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Does a summons that cites non-existent legal or natural persons have any legal force, and can it be amended or substituted?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Citation of \"The Editor of The Herald Newspaper\" and \"The Herald Newspaper\"; amendment to \"Zimbabwe Newspapers 1980 (Pvt) Ltd\""}
- {"issue_text":"Can a defendant raise a point in limine challenging citation after pleadings have closed?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Defendants filed joint plea; point raised on trial date"}
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Background
The plaintiff sued for defamation damages, citing "The Editor of The Herald Newspaper" and "The Herald Newspaper" as defendants. On the trial date, defendants raised a point in limine that neither cited entity exists as a legal or natural person, rendering the summons a nullity.
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