The plaintiffs sued the defendant for payment of $54 000 plus interest plus costs of suit. The claim is based on unjust enrichment. The plaintiffs alleged that sometime in 2008 they entered into a verbal contract with the defendant for the supply of shared phone sim cards. The parties also had a separate written agreement separate from the verbal one above. More
In the year 1995 plaintiff married defendant in terms of customary law. They had apparently commenced living together prior to the formalization of the union in terms of customary law. On 31 March 2000 their marriage was solemnized in terms of the Marriages Act, [Cap 5:11]. The marriage still subsists. The marriage was not blessed with any child.
On 8 April 2008 the plaintiff filed a suit seeking a decree of divorce and other ancillary relief. The plaintiff alleged that the marriage had irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there were no reasonable prospects of the restoration of... More
The applicant filed this urgent chamber application for an indict. The
papers were initially placed before me on 28 March 2013. Miss Makamure applied for a postponement on the grounds that Mr Tandi who was supposed to handle the matter had gone to Marondera. Mr Jori did not oppose the application and the matter was subsequently postponed by consent to 7 May 2013 for argument. More
Law is not a static discipline. It moves and changes in accordance with a given society’s stage of development. It changes in such a way that what society regarded as lawful yesterday may not be lawful on the following day and vice versa. Its movement and changes are not without reason. They assist people in whose society the changes and movements occur to resolve disputes which arise between, and amongst, them with a certain degree of clarity. They are, therefore, a dispute-resolving mechanism which society puts into place from time to time for the good of its own members. More
On 27 April, 2021 the applicant sued the respondents under HC 1789/21. He moved for the eviction of the respondents from the Remaining Extent of Kilmacdough Farm (“the property”). The property is in the district of Zvimba which is under Mashonaland West Province. He couched his draft order in the following terms:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Application for eviction is hereby granted.
2. The 1st Respondent, 2nd and 3rd Respondents and all those claiming occupation through them be and are hereby ordered to vacate from the Remaining Extent of Kilmacdough Farm in Zvimba District of Mashonaland West Province... More
