1. This is an appeal against the judgment of the magistrate’s court convicting the appellant of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law Code.
2. The trial court found that the appellant had appeared at the complainant’s mother’s residence, while the mother was away, and raped the complainant. That girl was 10 years old at the time. More
This was a chamber application for condonation and upliftment of bar. The applicant, CFI Holdings Limited [“CFI Holdings”] is one of five defendants sued by the first respondent, Stalap Investments [Private] Limited [“Stalap Investments”], in the main action under the case reference number HC 1855-20 [“the main action”]. More
This is an application for confirmation of a provisional order that was granted by this court on 16 October 2012. The order was granted by consent, on the following terms: More
A man who, without justification, holds on to another person’s property receives little, if any, sympathy from anyone let alone the court. A fortiori when he, directly or indirectly, pleads a non-existent claim of right to the property. Where such has been demanded by its owner, the possessor must simply hand it over to him without further ado. It is a complete waste of time for the possessor to cling on to what he know does not belong to him under the pretext that he has the right to retain the property. This is all the more so where he... More
This is an urgent chamber application for stay of execution pending review. The relevant background to this matter is as follows. On 14 December 2009, the regional court sitting at Harare convicted the Applicant Bank of contravening s 136 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform Act] [Cap 9:23] and sentenced applicant to pay a fine of $500.00 and also ordered applicant to compensate first respondent the sum of $250 000.00 .The learned Magistrate suspended the payment of the fine to the next day, 15 December 2009. Immediately after the sentence, applicant noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence.... More
