This is a civil trial. The plaintiff claims USD450 000-00 from the defendant. The amount is said to represent the replacement cost of an immovable property, and the improvements thereon, previously occupied by the plaintiff, but intentionally destroyed by the defendant. In the alternative the plaintiff claims USD143 588-22, allegedly for unjust enrichment. More
This is an urgent application for an Interim Interdict against thefirst, second and third respondents to stop them from constituting an arbitral panel and proceeding with arbitration proceedings. The applicant sought a provisional order in the following terms. More
I heard the application which the applicant filed through the urgent chamber book on 11 December, 2020. I delivered an ex tempore judgment in which I granted the applicant’s prayer in terms of the amended interim draft which had been moved for. More
This is an urgent chamber application for a provisional order whose interim relief sought was couched in these terms:
“ 1. That the second respondent be and is hereby ordered to stay ejectment of
applicant from the premises known as 93 Coventry Road, Harare
pending the hearing of this urgent application for stay of execution.
2. In the event of the second respondent having ejected applicant from the premises known as 93 Coventry Road Harare, he is hereby directed temporarily to return possession of the premises to applicant pending the outcome of the application for stay of execution.” More
The plaintiff and the first defendant were in an unregistered customary law union from 2006 to 2016 when it was dissolved. The second defendant is the Registrar of Deeds.
Pursuant to the termination of the union, the plaintiff issued summons seeking the distribution of the movable and immovable property acquired during the subsistence of the union. However, the plaintiff despite being legally represented did not allude to any cause of action in terms of which this court was being called upon to distribute the property. In fact the way the declaration is drafted it is as if the parties were... More
