The applicant sought an order in the following terms:
“1. That the Respondent be and is hereby directed to refund Applicant within seven days of the date of this order the sum recovered from the Applicant’s Value Added Tax refund on the 20th December 2005 (sic) of $5 450 939 769.71.
2. The Respondent shall pay interest to the Applicant on the sum recovered from the Value Added Refund (sic) on the 20th December 2005 (sic) in the sum of $5 450 939 769.71 at the prescribed rate of interest from 20 December 2005 to the date of payment in... More
This is a special case in terms of 52 of the High Court Rules, 2021. On 26 November 2018 the plaintiff sued out a summons seeking an order to compel the defendant to deliver to it a Nissan Urvan NV 350 2.5 litre diesel, manual transmission, 16-seater minibus with air conditioning (“vehicle”). The action is defended. More
Judgment which I reserved in this matter has delayed owing to my reassignment to the Criminal Division soon after the hearing of the application. The follow up enquiries made by the parties as to when judgment would be ready are acknowledged and noted. The delay is deeply regretted by me and I note for the record my regret to the legal practitioners and parties of this matter for this occurrence. More
