The plaintiff who runs an Architectural Practice sued the defendant, a Church for fees he claimed he earned when he provided architectural services in designing the defendants, church building.
The plaintiff was initially contracted by one Huni a member of the defendant’s church in his personal capacity to design drawings of the defendant’s proposed church building for purposes of persuading the City of Harare to sell a church stand to the defendant. He performed that task to Huni’s expectation, and was paid the agreed fee. The defendant as a result got a church stand from City of Harare. The defendant... More
This is an appeal against bail refusal in a matter wherein the appellant is facing one count each of smuggling as defined in s 182 of the Customs & Excise Act
[Chapter 23:02] and criminal abuse of duty as a public officer as defined in s 174(1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
This matter involves a long standing dispute over ownership and development of stands situated on a piece of land known as Newark of Hilton of Subdivision A of Waterfalls, Harare measuring 25 0532 hectares. The matter has got a chequered history and numerous court processes have been filed by various parties claiming an interest in the property. Historically, the land in question is registered in the name of one TeclaMvembe who holds title by deed of transfer number 4573/2000 On 6 November 2000, Mvembe penned an agreement of sale with Max Management (Pvt) Ltd in terms of which she sold... More
On 8 October 2020 we heard this appeal and dismissed it with costs. We have been asked for the written reasons and these are they.
This was an appeal against the dismissal of an application for rescission of a default judgment by the Magistrates Court. Two grounds of appeal were raised in the notice of appeal. However, at the hearing of the matter, Mr Dondo for the appellants made a concession that the first ground was not one of the reasons the court a quo dismissed the application for rescission of judgment. He consequently abandoned it. The second ground of... More
