This is an application for review in terms of Order 33 Rule 256 of the High Court Rules 1971 against the decision of the first respondent dated 8th December 2015. The background to the application is that the applicant was charged for contravening s 3 (25) of the Prisons (Staff) (discipline) Regulations 1984, More
The applicant, a non-commissioned rank member of the Prison Services, appeared before a disciplinary committee on 6 November 2015 at Harare Central Prisons facing a series of misconducts. He was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of US$ 50.00 and was further given a severe reprimand. However, the second respondent who is the Commissioner of Prisons substituted the decision of the disciplinary committee with that of a dismissal on 10 December 2015.On 15 December 2015 the applicant was notifiedof his discharge from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services in terms of their disciplinary code. Dissatisfied with the dismissal and... More
This matter pertains to two matters being case numbers HCH1754/24 and case number HC1978/24 which cases were consolidated under case number HC4083/24. The consolidation was proper as the two cases share common facts whence forth each litigant seeks relief upon. Apparently, the legal issues are so intertwined such that the resolution of one of them likely settles the other.
For clarity the following is the relief sought by each litigant More
This was an application for registration of an Arbitral Award handed down by the Arbitrator Mr D.A Whatman on 15 January, 2018. This was in respect of case No. HC 1186/18 More
Had it not been for the vagaries of climate change, this application may well never have been made. Before the court is a consolidation of two opposing claims between the same parties. One party (the applicant or “Townsend”), seeks an order for the registration of an arbitral award in terms of Article 35 of the Arbitration Act [ Chapter 7:15] (“the Act”). The other party (respondent “Sinohydro”) opposed Townsend`s claim. It also filed an application, under case number HC 1775/18, wherein it prayed for an order setting aside the same arbitral award in terms of section 34 of the same... More
