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This is an appeal against a judgment by the Mutare Magistrates Court delivered on 12 May 2010. The Appellant appeals only against the award made in relation to immovable property. More

The applicant issued this application on 1 March 2013 and had it served upon all the respondents on 1 March 2013. The dies inducae expired on 15 March 2013 but the respondents purported to file their notices of opposition on 18 March 2013, 3 days out of time. It is not the period of the infraction which informs my decision in this matter but what the respondents did after that or is it what they did not do. More

The Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 21 February 2008 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. The marriage was blessed with two minor children born in 2007 and 2012 respectively. On 3 June 2022 Plaintiff issued out summons for a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. Plaintiff alleged that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and there are no prospects of restoring a normal marriage relationship. She also submitted that during the subsistence of the marriage, the parties acquired movable and immovable property. She proposed how the property should be shared.... More

In June 2020 judgement was entered in favour of the 1st respondent in the sum of US $ 70 000 and 134 977.92 pounds under case number HC 8500/19 (hereinafter referred to as the court order). The applicant has not appealed the decision. When the amounts were not paid and the 1st respondent desired to have the debt satisfied it sued out a writ of execution. The 2nd respondent attached and sold the applicant’s property to give effect to the writ in foreign currency. The applicant objected to the execution to recover the foreign currency equivalent to the 2nd respondent... More

: The applicant and the respondent are former employee and employer respectively. The relationship came into effect on 1 June 2009 when the parties signed a contract of employment. The employer-employee relationship went sour sometime in January 2011 and the parties agreed to part ways amicably More