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Harare High Court
Maxwell Matsvimbo Sibanda v Gwynne Ann Stevenson & 7 Ors
HH 474-18
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
8 August 2018
Citation
HH 474-18
Neutral Citation
[2018] ZWHH 474
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
MUZOFA J
Full Bench
MUZOFA J
Areas of Law
Property LawCivil Procedure
Keywords
joindercaveatproperty transfervicarious liability
Tags
joinder applicationcaveat removalproperty transfer
legislation
Statutes Cited
- High Court Rules, 1971
- High Court Rules, 1971
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether 8th respondent should be joined as party to main proceedings","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"8th respondent was applicant's former lawyer who registered caveat; caveat removed allegedly by 8th respondent's employee 7 years after renunciation"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, a former lessee who had renovated a property, sought to join the 8th respondent (his former legal practitioners) to main proceedings concerning the property's sale and transfer, alleging that the 8th respondent's employee improperly removed a caveat he had registered over the property in 2014, seven years after the firm had renounced agency.
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