The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Yamaha Motor Company Limited through its South African distributor Tuning Fork (Pty) Limited to continue supplying its merchandise to Stansfield Motors Limited until the court’s determination on the matter.

High Court Commercial Division Judge Ken Manda has also restrained the Japanese company from putting into effect the purported termination of its sole distributorship agreement with Stansfield and entering into the same with Paramount Holdings Limited.

This follows an application Stansfield filed seeking clarification on an interim injunction order it obtained from the court against the termination of its agreement with the Japanese mobility manufacturer after Tuning Fork (Pty) Limited stopped taking its orders.

The court granted the order of interim injunction to Stansfield and three other interested parties including Luthando Holdings Limited, Actor Import and Export Investment Limited and Stansfield Motors Services Limited on January 11 2024.

Stansfield had been procuring its merchandise under the sole dealership agreement it entered with Yamaha through Tuning Fork (Pty) Limited but after the injunction order the South African company stopped attending to Stansfield orders on the pretext that it was not covered by the injunction order and that the sole distributorship the between Malawian company and Yamaha had been terminated.

It is this development that forced Stansfield to seek an order from the court clarifying the scope of the interim injunction order so that all concerned parties understand its meaning and full nature.

Source:NPL