The background to the above claim(s) is that on 13 June 2010 the defendant assaulted the plaintiff. The plaintiff lost a tooth as a result of the assault. The defendant was arrested and later convicted in court for the offence of assault. He was fined $400 or 12 months imprisonment in case of failure to pay the fine. 4 months of the sentence were suspended for 5 years on condition the defendant did not, during the period of suspension, commit any offence warranting imprisonment without the option of a fine. More
The applicant filed an urgent chamber application seeking interim relief pending the return day, which required:
1. The 1st respondent to be compelled to grant the applicant access to the property called Stand 22 Broadmead Estate Township of Stand 2 Broadmead Estate Township, known as 22 Rubidge Close, Hoggart Hill, Harare (hereinafter referred to as “the property”), immediately or upon the granting of this order. Failing compliance, the applicant asked the court to authorize the 2nd respondent to take measures that would allow the applicant access to the property.
2. The 1st respondent to be interdicted from selling or transferring... More
On 12 September 2011, this court, per KUDYA J, issued a provisional order in favour of the applicant, a human rights activist, who had certain items of his property seized by unnamed officials of Harare International Airport in the early hours of 10 September 2011 as he tried to board a flight enroute to a Human Rights Defenders Conference in Dublin , Republic of Ireland. More
This is an application for leave to execute the judgment of KARWI J issued on 21 March 2012 in favour of the applicant against the 3 respondents jointly and severally for payment of $6264-75 being costs of repairing a commuter omnibus and $17 840-00 being damages for loss of income together with interest on both sums at the prescribed rate from the date of summons to date of payment and costs of suit. More
This is an application for the setting aside of an Arbitral Award that was handed down by the first respondent which Arbitral Award is dated the 7th of August 2017 and was only availed to the applicant’s legal practitioners on 12 September 2017. The application is based on the applicant’s view that the afore-said award offends the public policy of Zimbabwe.
It is settled law that an arbitral award ought to be set aside if its enforcement would offend the public policy of the land. See ZESA v Maphosa 1999 (2) ZLR 452 at p 466 where it was held... More
