The plaintiff issued summons against the defendants described herein for defamation damages in the sum of $ 500 000 000-00. In the declaration which is attached to the summons the defendants are described in the following terms:
“2 (a) The first defendant is the Editor of the Herald Newspaper.
(b)The second defendant is the Owner, Publisher of the Herald Newspaper, the Distributor of the Herald Newspaper and the Printer of the Herald Newspaper all of Herald House, Corner Second Street/George Silundika Avenue, Harare”. More
After hearing submissions in argument from both legal practitioners I dismissed this application with costs on the ordinary scale and indicated that my written reasons would follow in due course. These are they.
On 27 September 2005 the applicant and the 1st respondent represented by the second respondent concluded on agreement of sale of an immovable property known as Stand 195 Monavale Township measuring 36953 square metres for a purchase price of seven billion dollars ($7 000 000 000 .00) More
The plaintiff issued summons on 24 May 2011 against the three defendants seeking defamation damages in the sum of US$50 000-00, interest and costs. The first defendant, a senior reporter, wrote the article in issue in the H-Metro tabloid of 3 March 2011. The second defendant was his editor while the third printed and published the article. More
Afterdisposed of this application which was set down through the urgent chamber bookon 12 June, 2018 the applicant’s legal practitioners addressed a letter to the High Court Registrar on 14 June, 2018. The letter reads, in part, as follows:
“The application was dismissed and the reasons were given ex tempore in chambers. We kindly request that we be furnished with the reasons on an urgent basis….. We have instructions to appeal his Lordship’s decision….” More
This is an application to declare null and void an appeal noted to this court by the respondent under Civ App 89/07. In the alternative, the appellant seeks an order that the appeal be declared to have lapsed. More
