The plaintiff and the defendant (the parties) married each other in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17] on 16 of January 2016. No child was born out of the marriage. During the subsistence of the marriage, no immovable property was acquired. The movable property acquired is termed to be not of substance. On 11 May 2020, plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary remedies. He stated that the marriage relationship between the parties has irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there are no reasonable prospects of... More
This is a claim for damages arising out of the arrest and detention of the plaintiff by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on 10 October 2016. In the summons the plaintiff claims a sum of US$12 000 as damages for “illegal arrest, detention and infringing (of) the plaintiff’s constitutional rights in terms of s 50(1) and (2), 51 and 70(1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013”. More
The parties in this matter were married on the 27th of September 1997. There are two children born out of the marriage both of whom are now majors. On 4 October 2021 Plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. The Defendant entered an Appearance to Defend and subsequently filed his plea to the Plaintiff’s claim. More
The plaintiff is suing the defendant for damages for defamation. The trial was scheduled
to begin on 29 March 2022. It did not. The defendant’s counsel of choice was said to be
indisposed and therefore unavailable. Amid objections by the plaintiff, I postponed the matter
to the second judicial term of 2022. In the meantime, two interlocutory issues were argued. The
first was the defendant’s application to compel further discovery of certain documents by the
plaintiff. The application had been filed separately under a different case number and via the
chamber book. The second was a coterie of what the... More
The financial policies adopted by the Zimbabwean government in 2019 leading to promulgation of Statutory instruments that affected mode of payments and even the currency to be used in Zimbabwe continue to dodge these courts. Despite a pronouncement by the Supreme court particularly in the Zambezi Gas case and several other cases litigants continue haggling on the manner in which debts have to be paid and the currency to be used. In this matter the Sheriff of the High Court has become embroiled in a dispute between the warring parties regarding the execution of a writ, whether the writ in... More
