Zimbabwe: Businessman Fabris Told to Live With Lawyer’s Negligence As Court Slams Bid to Overturn U.S.$500,000 Default Judgment

The High Court has dismissed businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris’s bid to overturn a US$500,000 default judgment granted in favour of Tendai Mashamhanda, ruling that Fabris must face the consequences of his lawyer’s negligence.

Justice Jacob Manzunzu threw out Fabris’s application for rescission of judgment, which sought to undo the ruling granted after he failed to respond to Mashamhanda’s lawsuit over an unpaid loan, describing his explanation as unreasonable and his defence as “devoid of bona…