This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court handed down on 14 May 2021. In that judgment, the court a quo held that monetary assets in offshore accounts forming part of the matrimonial assets to be divided between the appellant and the first respondent, following their divorce did not constitute a foreign obligation. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) delivered at Harare on 14 October 2020 under judgment number HH – 637/20. The appeal originates from a judgment of the Magistrates Court which upheld the respondent’s claim for eviction and holding over damages against the appellant. The appellant appealed to the court a quo without success. She now appeals to this Court for relief. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 12 July 2019, dismissing with costs, an application by the appellant for a declaratory order. More
In 2012 the appellant in this matter sold his house at No.30 Arundel School Road, with the conveyancing was done by the first respondent (a legal practitioner). From a series of actions and applications brought before the courts, it was accepted that the first respondent misappropriated some of the proceeds from the sale of the immovable property. Consequently, the appellant successfully instituted legal proceedings against the first respondent and obtained a judgment against him in 2015. Despite a multiplicity of legal proceedings at the instance of the first respondent, the appellant managed to place a caveat on the latter’s immovable... More
UCHENA JA: This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court Bulawayo dated 23 July 2020, which dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the Magistrate’s Court granting the respondent summary judgment against him.
BACKGROUND FACTS
The appellant is the owner of a residential property known as number 18 Pingstone Road Kumalo within the City of Bulawayo. His property’s account number is 34452705. He, as is the norm, was billed for water and rates between August 2013 and November 2018. He did not pay his bills leading to an accumulated debt of US$4 601.50. He says... More
