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
Applicants have approached this court through an urgent chamber application for the following relief per provisional order whose terms have been couched as follows:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
i) An order to allow the classing of all Religion under the essential services as already enshrined in our constitution is now and hereby granted.
ii) That worship and prayer services in groups and sizes that are manageable say 30 or 20 people or less be now and hereby allowed at least once a week while observing all other rules and regulations to curb the spread of the Corona virus.
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This is an opposed application which I ultimately dealt with as an unopposed application for the reasons I shall herein later outline.
The applicants seek an order in the following terms:-
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Agreement of Sale entered into between Oliver Chitsinde purportedly acting on behalf of the applicants and the Government of Zimbabwe on 21 July 2007 be and is hereby declared null and void (sic)
2. The first respondent and or the Government of Zimbabwe and all those calling through them shall forthwith vacate Lot 5 of GA Helensvale, failing which the Deputy Sheriff with... More
In this application the relief sought is as follows:
“It is ordered that:
1. The applicants be and are hereby restored to full occupation of Stand Number 57 Borrowdale Township 6 of Lot 7b of Borrowdale, also known as number 9 Hunt Road Borrowdale within five (5) days of granting of this order. More
This judgment is in respect of two appeals which were consolidated for the purposes of the hearing. The first matter, under CRB MB-CD 1981/22 is an appeal against the sentence imposed upon the appellant following conviction on two counts of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances. In the first count the appellant was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which six months imprisonment was suspended for three years on condition of good behaviour, and a further six months imprisonment was suspended on condition of restitution. In the second count the appellant was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which six months... More
