This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court (the court a quo) wherein it dismissed the appellant’s claim for an interdict against trademark infringement by the first respondent. More
The following facts are largely common cause. On 11 January 2019, the applicant signed an acknowledgment of debt in favour of the respondent in the sum of USD$384 177. The applicant undertook to pay the amount by 20 March 2019. He failed to pay the debt. The respondent issued summons against the applicant on the basis of the acknowledgement of debt. On 12 December 2019, summary judgment was entered in the respondent’s favour for payment of the sum of US$ 384 177.00, or its equivalent with interest at the prevailing interbank rate. More
[1] This is an appeal against the order of the High Court discharging with costs a provisional order granted in favour of the appellant on 17 June 2014. More
“This matter demonstrates the challenges which emerge from parties pursuing the same issue before different judges who may each be seized with different aspects of their appeals. The result is divergent judgments from the same court. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court sitting at Bulawayo (“court a quo”) wherein the court sentenced the first appellant to three years imprisonment for each of the 17 counts he had been convicted of, with some counts being ordered to run concurrently, resulting in a total effective sentence of 45 years imprisonment. Similarly, the second appellant was sentenced to three years imprisonment for each of the 18 counts he had been convicted of, with certain counts running concurrently, leading to a total effective sentence of 48 years imprisonment. More
