This is a composite judgment in respect of two appeals which were, at the request of the parties, consolidated and heard at the same time. The appeals are against two separate judgments by the High Court dismissing special pleas of prescription raised by the appellants in respect of a claim for specific performance launched by the respondent. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”) which was handed down on 14 August 2024, in which it held that the fifth and sixth respondents were the substantive Bishop and vice bishop respectively, of Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (“the church”). The court a quo in its judgment further interdicted the second appellant from holding himself out as the bishop of the church. More
The appellants appeal against the interlocutory judgment of the High Court (court a quo) handed down on 15 May 2024, with leave from the court a quo. The court a quo granted an application for an unexplained wealth order and an interim freezing order in favour of the first respondent and against the appellants. More
MATHONSI JA: This is an automatic appeal in terms of s 44 (2) (c) of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06], against the conviction of the first and the second appellants by the High Court (the court a quo) of the crime of murder on 29 June 2023 and their subsequent sentence to death on 2 July 2023. If the appeal had not been automatic, one would have been left wondering what possessed those involved in the appeal to embark on it owing, not only to the overwhelming evidence staked against the appellants, but also to the brutal and senseless... More
1.This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) wherein it granted with costs the respondent’s application for a declarator that his payment in local currency at the rate of one-to-one would discharge in full his judgment debt denominated in United States dollars. It also dismissed, with costs, the appellants’ counter application for a declaratory order that they were entitled to payment in United States dollars or its equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate. More
