This is an application for the registration of an award issued in favour of the applicants under the Labour Act on 30 March 2010. The registration is sought in terms of s 98 (14) of the Labour Act [Cap 2801] (“the Act”). The respondent opposes the granting of the relief being sought. More
The parties appeared before me for a Pre-Trial Conference. The facts in this case are mostly common cause. All the parties are related. The plaintiff is the father of the defendants. The plaintiff’s late wife is the mother to the defendants. The plaintiff is the Executor Dative and also a beneficiary to the Estate of Nyembesi Kapungu. All defendants are also beneficiaries. At the center of the dispute is Stand Number 9208 Paradise Park, Highfield, Harare. Under Case No. HC 6089/21 this Honourable Court granted anorder to the plaintiff to allow the sale of the same immovable property, to enable... More
This is an application for stay of execution following the attachment of the applicant’s property in fulfillment of a consent order granted by this court on 16 February 2010. More
On 5 July, 2022 the first respondent, the City of Harare, clamped the applicant’s motor vehicle with registration number AFS 0365. He had parked it in Angwa Street, Harare as he went into the Deeds Office for business. More
This is a civil claim in which the plaintiff seeks to recover a sum of US$616,518 paid to the defendant under an abortive land transaction. The plaintiff’s case is founded on restitution (unjust enrichment) after a sale of land and a subsequent lease arrangement between the parties were both declared void for illegality. The defendant received and retained the plaintiff’s funds but has refused to refund them, prompting this litigation. In its defence, the defendant raises two primary legal objections: prescription (that the claim is time-barred) and currency conversion (that any obligation to refund was converted to RTGS dollars at... More
