Commercial Registry - 2025 August

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Citation	Judgment date
August 2025
Module Metrix Zambia Limited v Zambia Legacy Missions International and 3 Ors (2018/HPC/0194) [2025] ZMHC 63 (6 August 2025) Joinder application dismissed as res judicata, abuse of process and functus officio; applicant lacked sufficient interest. Joinder – Order 14 r.5 High Court Rules – Whether person entitled to or likely to be affected should be joined; Res judicata – same cause of action, same parties, prior opportunity; Abuse of process/forum shopping – piecemeal litigation prohibited; Functus officio – court divested of jurisdiction on previously adjudicated issue; Privity of contract – subcontractor’s interest in principal contract.	6 August 2025

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August 2025

Module Metrix Zambia Limited v Zambia Legacy Missions International and 3 Ors (2018/HPC/0194) [2025] ZMHC 63 (6 August 2025)

Joinder application dismissed as res judicata, abuse of process and functus officio; applicant lacked sufficient interest.

Joinder – Order 14 r.5 High Court Rules – Whether person entitled to or likely to be affected should be joined; Res judicata – same cause of action, same parties, prior opportunity; Abuse of process/forum shopping – piecemeal litigation prohibited; Functus officio – court divested of jurisdiction on previously adjudicated issue; Privity of contract – subcontractor’s interest in principal contract.

6 August 2025

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