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SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE

GARWE JA, GOWORA JA & GUVAVA JA

HARARE: JULY 25, 2017 & 14 MAY, 2018

E.T. Matinenga, for the appellant

J.B. Wood, for the respondent

GARWE JA

[1]        The respondent issued summons out of the High Court seeking an order for the release of its plastic bags which were being retained by the appellant, payment of the sum of US$157 350.05 representing the business it lost as a result of such retention and costs of suit on the scale of legal practitioner and client.  The respondent also sought payment of interest from the date of issue of summons to the date of payment in full.

[2]        After hearing evidence and submissions from the parties, the court a quo ordered the appellant to pay the sum of $157 350.05 to the respondent being damages for loss of business, interest on that sum at the prescribed rate and costs of suit on the ordinary scale.  The present appeal is against that order.