{"issue_text":"Whether applicants established good and sufficient cause for rescission of default judgment under Rule 63","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Default judgment granted, application filed within time, wrong case number filed"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the ten day period for filing notice of opposition began on 8 April 2021 or 9 April 2021","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Service on legal practitioners, authority to accept service"}
{"issue_text":"Whether Fungai Nyarota had authority to depose opposing affidavit","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Chairperson authority, Ministry letter from 2005"}
{"issue_text":"Whether applicants have prospects of success in main matter","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Interim relief order still extant, boundary disputes"}
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Background
Applicants sought rescission of default judgment granted against them on 23 June 2021 in case HC 1255-21. The default judgment was granted after applicants' legal practitioners filed notice of opposition with wrong case number. Applicants had previously obtained interim relief for restoration of 50 hectares of land in Ushehwekunze, Harare, which was still extant.
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