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This is an application for absolution from the instance. The test is simply whether at the close of the plaintiff’s case, there is evidence upon which a reasonable court might find for the plaintiff. The test is not whether the evidence led by the plaintiff established what would finally be required to be established, but whether there is evidence upon which a court, applying its mind reasonably to such evidence, could or might (not should or ought to) find for the plaintiff. More

The plaintiff’s claim against the defendants can be summarised as follows. In March 2021, the first defendant gave an oral mandate to the plaintiff for the clearance of goods in transit from South Africa to Zambia via Zimbabwe. The defendants misrepresented to the plaintiff that the good were destined for Zambia. As a result, the plaintiff entered what is known as a ‘removal -in-transit’ entry into the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ( ZIMRA) system so that the goods would not be levied duty and taxes on the assumption that they were in transit. Such duty and levy would have been paid... More

Contracts are wealth-creating vehicles for corporations, partnerships and business-minded persons. Where their terms are clear and unambiguous, such must be given effect to. The parties must adhere to the same. That is so as contracts are different from social agreements. They are enforceable at law. More

The plaintiff in this matter claims payment in the sum of $120 million as the balance due in respect of money advanced to the defendant in April 2003. The defendant disputes this claim and counterclaims an amount of $24 million as having been overpaid to the plaintiff under their loan arrangement. More

This is a court application for the granting of a declaratory order. The brief background to this matter is that the applicant and the late Tongai Maxwell Katsande were brothers and Fadzai Katsande was wife to Tongai Maxwell Katsande. Tongai Maxwell Katsande died on 23 February 2007. His wife Fadzai Katsande was appointed executor dative for his estate. In this estate was an immovable property, stand number 14478 Zengeza 3 Chitungwiza (hereafter called the property) which upon the winding up of the estate, was awarded to Fadzai Katsande, in her personal capacity. More