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Bulawayo High Court
Ronnah Mafurirano v CBZ Bank Limited
HB 264/22
Case Details
Court
Bulawayo High Court
Date
27 October 2022
Citation
HB 264/22
Neutral Citation
[2022] ZWHB 264
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
DUBE-BANDA J
Full Bench
DUBE-BANDA J
Areas of Law
Civil ProcedureJudicial Ethics
Keywords
recusaljudicial biascorrespondent attorneyreasonable apprehension of bias
Tags
BankingRecusalJudicial bias
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether a reasonable, objective and informed person would apprehend that the judge would not bring an impartial mind to bear on the adjudication of the case","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Judge's former law firm acted as correspondent for respondent in other matters but not in the specific case"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The respondent bank sought the recusal of DUBE-BANDA J from hearing an application for rescission of judgment, alleging that the judge's former law firm had acted as correspondent attorneys for the bank in other matters. The application was based on the reasonable apprehension of bias test.
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