Smith v. Jones – sllr 1985 volume 1 page 275

In the case between Mercantile Hotel Managements Limited (plaintiff) and Hotel Galaxy (Pvt) Ltd, including directors and associated respondents (defendants), the court examined whether the District Court’s vacation of an enjoining order due to alleged non-disclosure of material facts was justified, and whether exceptional circumstances existed to warrant revision of that decision. The case arose from a hotel management agreement that led to the plaintiff operating Hotel Galaxy, followed by violent and wrongful interference by the respondents involving forcible ejection and seizure of assets. An interim injunction initially granted to protect the plaintiff was later vacated on grounds of non-disclosure. Upon revision, the court found that the procedural and factual context, particularly the