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The plaintiff herein claims the sum of US$150,000 as damages for malicious misconduct allegations brought against him by the defendant in April 2008. The defendant denies any malice or illegality on its part. More

The applicant seeks the following order - “1………….. 2. The 1st Respondent is hereby declared and consequently confirmed as a substantive Divisional Intelligence Officer in the employ of the 2nd Respondent with effect from 1st July 2013. 3. Consequently, Respondents jointly and severally are ordered to reflect the records of the Applicant as such as per paragraph 1 of this order, including updating and paying entitlements applicable to the position of Divisional Intelligence Officer effective 1st of July 2013. 4. The Respondents pay costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale jointly and severally the one paying the... More

The appellant was convicted by the Regional Court sitting at Harare on a charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer as defined in s 174(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment of which 1 year imprisonment was wholly suspended for 4 years on condition he does not within that period commit an offence involving corruption or abuse of office for which upon conviction he is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. The facts found proved were that on dates unknown to the prosecutor... More

This is an application for rescission of a default judgment that was granted in favour of the first respondent under Case No. HC 6802/16. More

The applicant is a former employee of the respondent. The employment relationship between the two parties was severed in March 2018. The applicant claimed arrear salaries and certain entitlements from the respondent. The claim was unhonoured leading to the referral of the dispute to a Labour Officer who found in favour of the applicant. The applicant approached the Labour Court for the confirmation of the Labour Officer’s ruling. On 6 December 2019, the Labour Court made the following award: “1. The application for confirmation of the draft ruling be and is hereby granted. 2. The draft ruling of SABILIKA MAXWELL... More