The first appellant, Firinne Trust, is a trust incorporated as such by deed of Trust under the laws of Zimbabwe and registered with the Registrar of Deeds. It trades as Veritas, which is the second appellant herein. The first respondent, is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (ZEC), established in terms of s 238 of the Constitution. Although it is established under the Constitution it carries out its mandate in terms of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], the (“Act”). The second respondent, the (“Minister”) is the government official assigned the administration of the Act. The third respondent, (“the Attorney-General”), is the legal... More
1. On 31 August 2018, the Administrative Court handed down a judgment against the appellant. The judgment dismissed with costs, the appellant’s appeal to that court. The appellant had appealed against a decision of the first respondent declaring her to be unsuitable to be associated with a company or partnership which practices as an estate agent, barring the appellant from any such association or being employed by any such company or partnership and lastly, ordering her to reimburse the sum of US$120 000.00 to one Nancy Yu Ling Long. More
On 22 September 2021, following a full trial, the High Court (“the court a quo”) dismissed with costs the appellant’s claim for payment of the sum of US$53 183. This appeal is against that judgment of the court a quo. More
This appeal is against part of the judgment of the High Court upholding a plea of prescription. After perusing the documents filed of record in this matter, it was the unanimous view of the court that the appeal had merit. More
1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court in a matterin which three court applications mentioned hereunder were consolidated by consent and consequently heard at the same time.
2. An application under HC 11481/17 was made by the appellant in terms of r 358 (9) of the Rules of the High Court, 1971 (the rules), for the setting aside of the first respondent’s decision confirming the second respondent as the highest bidder in a sale in execution. The parties in that matter were the appellant, as the applicant, with the respondents being the first, second... More
