1. MINISTER     OF     MINES     AND     MINING      DEVELOPMENT     (2)    ZIMBABWE     MINING     DEVELOPMENT     CORPORATION    (3)    MARANGE     RESOURCES     (PRIVATE)     LIMITED     (4)    ZIMBABWE     CONSOLIDATED     DIAMOND     COMPANY

vs

1. GRANDWELL     HOLDINGS    (PRIVATE)    LIMITED      (2)    MBADA     DIAMONDS     (PRIVATE)     LIMITED   (3)   COMMISSIONER     GENERAL     ZIMBABWE     REPUBLIC     POLICE

SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE

PATEL JA, GUVAVA JA & UCHENA JA

HARARE, 22 JUNE 2017 & 19 JUNE 2018

L. Uriri, for the first appellant

J.R. Tsivama, for the second, third & fourth appellants

T. Mpofu with E.T Moyo, for the first respondent

No appearance for the second & third respondents

UCHENA JA:                This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court granting a spoliation order and other consequential relief in an application at the instance of a shareholder on behalf of a company.

The facts leading to the application before the court a quo are as follows.