This is an appeal against a decision of the High Court granting the respondents’ application for the review of the appellant’s decision to increase tariffs applicable to the respondents. More
At the conclusion of the hearing of an appeal noted to the Labour Court by the appellant, the Labour Court upheld the point in limine taken by the respondent that the appeal was improperly before the court as it sought to impugn findings of fact rather than law. As a consequence of that finding, the court a quo dismissed the appeal with costs. It is against that order that the appellant has now approached this Court seeking an order setting aside that finding and remitting the matter to the court a quo for a determination of the matter on the... More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Special Court for Income Tax Appeals handed down on 14 August 2020, dismissing the appellants’ appeal against the respondent’s Commissioner’s dismissal of its objection in respect of its failure to deduct Pay As You Earn (PAYE) in respect of meals and accommodation the appellant provided to its employees and penalties the respondent’s Commissioner had imposed against the appellant. At the hearing of the appeal the appellant abandoned its grounds of appeal in respect of penalties. The appeal was therefore argued on whether or not the accommodation and meals the... More
BHUNU JA: Before us is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court upholding the Respondent’s application for a declaration of validity of the parties’ contract of service coupled with an order for specific performance.
It is common knowledge that this country is facing a critical shortage of electricity, a vital necessity for the socio-economic wellbeing of the citizenry and the nation at large. The two parties whoturned contractual protagonists were entrusted with improving the availability of this scarce resource in Gwanda. They havehowever been embroiled in perpetual contractual disputes for the past five or so years without... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgement of the High Court (the court a quo) sitting at Harare, dated 11 January 2023, wherein it declared that the procurement contract entered into between the appellant and the respondent was valid and binding between them. The court a quo proceeded, consequently, to grant an order of specific performance of the contract. It also dismissed the appellant’s counter claim and ordered that the appellant pays the respondent’s costs in the claim in reconvention. More
