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Harare High Court
Michael O'Leary v Patricia de la Harpe and Timothy O'Leary and The Sheriff of the High Court of Zimbabwe
HH 72/21
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
18 February 2021
Citation
HH 72/21
Neutral Citation
[2021] ZWHH 72
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
MUSITHU J
Full Bench
MUSITHU J
Areas of Law
Contract LawCompany Law
Keywords
Right of first refusalPre-emptive rightsShare transferContract acceptance
Tags
Share salePre-emptive rightsContract formation
legislation
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether applicant exercised his pre-emptive rights thus giving birth to an agreement with respondents","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant's 11 June 2019 letter, subsequent correspondence"}
- {"issue_text":"The currency in which applicant should discharge his obligations, assuming an agreement is found to exist","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"SI 142/2019, payment tender in Zimbabwe dollars"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Applicant, a shareholder in Wintersgrace (Private) Limited, claimed to have exercised his right of first refusal over shares held by his siblings (1st and 2nd respondents) when they attempted to sell to Southsea Investments. The respondents disputed that a binding agreement was formed due to unclear acceptance and payment currency issues.
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