Patience Kabanda v Gabriel Kabanda and Cloete Munjoma and Sarah Munjoma and Seeff Properties and The Sheriff of the High Court of Zimbabwe N.O and The Registrar of Deeds

HH 491-21

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

15 September 2021

Citation

HH 491-21

Neutral Citation

[2021] ZWHH 491

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Mangota J

Full Bench

Mangota J

Areas of Law

Property lawCivil procedure

Keywords

Rescission of default judgmentCo-ownershipVindicationConsent paperCourt order

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the default judgment under HC 8650/18 should be rescinded under r 449(1)(a)","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Default judgment granted in Patience's absence; Gabriel failed to disclose violation of court order"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the deed of transfer can be cancelled under s 8 of the Deeds Registries Act","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Property sold without co-owner's consent; Gabriel acted outside court order terms"}
{"issue_text":"Whether one co-owner can sell jointly owned property without the other's consent","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Property co-owned by Patience and Gabriel; Gabriel sold entire property alone"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant and first respondent were divorced in 2016 with a consent paper incorporated into a court order governing distribution of their matrimonial property including a house. The first respondent sold the property without the applicant's consent and obtained default judgment against her. The applicant seeks rescission of the default judgment and vindication of her share in the property.

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