On 6 December 2002, the plaintiff was driving her motor vehicle, Peugeot 405, with the registration number 698-058 H at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue and Maiden Drive in Harare. The motor vehicle was involved in an accident with the first defendant’s vehicle a Toyota Land Cruiser, registration number 799-714. The accident was caused solely through the negligence of the first defendant who accepted liability for the accident in full and without reservation.
The plaintiff’s motor vehicle was extensively damaged in the accident. One garage quoted the plaintiff the sum of $7 million to repair the accident damage. The... More
this is an urgent chamber application for a spoliation order in which applicants are seeking the following relief:-
1. That respondents be ordered to restore applicants’ possession of the 16 tonnes of scrap metal that they removed from applicants’ possession at Costas Business Centre in Zvishavane on 1 September.
2. Second respondent pays applicants’ costs of suit on the legal practitioner and client scale.
The facts of the matter as can be gleaned from first applicant’s founding affidavit to which second applicant associated himself with are that,
1. The two applicants are into scrap metal buying and selling business.
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The applicants and the first and or second respondents are embroiled in an ownership dispute over land called the Remainder of Lot 12 of Tynwald, Harare held under deed of transfer No 4209/86. There have been and still remain various litigations between the parties concerning the aforesaid piece of land. More
The applicant instituted eviction proceedings in the Kadoma Magistrates court against the respondents from a property called Stand 197 Kadoma Township, Kadoma. The claim for eviction was dismissed by the court a quo. The date of judgment is in dispute between the parties. The applicant which appear attached a copy of the handwritten judgment to its founding affidavit. There are two dates which appear at the end of the judgment. The dates are 19 December, 2018 which is handwritten with the magistrate’s signature on the side. Below the date and signature, there is franked thereon the official court stamp of... More
The plaintiff, first and third defendants are companies duly registered in terms of the Zimbabwean laws while the third defendant is the Sheriff cited in his official capacity. On 28 March 2024, DEME J ordered the plaintiff to file and serve upon the defendants its summons and declaration within 10 days from the date of the order. The plaintiff’s however, filed their pleadings on 4 July 2024 which date the first defendants rightfully argues that it is way after the 10-day period. Contrary to this, the plaintiff gives its explanation narrating the series of events that took place after the... More
