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2 judgments
September 1998
Kabwe International Transport Ltd & Another v Njelekwe (S.C.Z. Judgment 12 of 1998) [1998] ZMSC 10 (10 September 1998)
Court reduced an excessive award for a child's loss of expectation of life and upheld the respondent's funeral expenses.
  • Damages — loss of expectation of life for a child — assessment under Law Reform Act — judicial notice of inflation — adjustment of statutory awards; Special damages — funeral expenses — absence of receipts — Registrar’s reasonable estimate permissible; Default judgment — assessment hearing
10 September 1998
Chibesakunda v Mahtani (S.C.Z. Judgment 11 of 1998) [1998] ZMSC 9 (3 September 1998)
Whether contractual damages under the Sale of Goods Act can be doubled by separate conversion damages or foreign‑currency reconversion.
  • Commercial law — Sale of Goods Act (s.51) — measure of damages for non‑delivery — buyer who paid in advance — difference between contract and market price; Tort of conversion — normal measure is market value at time of conversion; whether damages for breach can be coupled with conversion damages; currency reconversion and devaluation — rejection of foreign‑currency reconversion for Kwacha‑denominated contract
3 September 1998