The applicant Athos Proestos and the first respondent Christalleni Proestos are brother and sister. Their dispute lies in the validity of their mother’s will which accorded Christalleni Proestos property known as known as stand 12895 Salisbury Township also known as number 94 Churchill Avenue, Gun Hill, Harare, Zimbabwe. The will also made her an executor of the estate. Applicant’s complaint is that their parents’ estates were fraudulently registered by Christalleni on the strength of that fraudulent will, having torn up their mother’s will of 2000 which granted the property equally to both of them. In her capacity as executor, Christalleni... More
This is a divorce action wherein what is to be determined in the trial is couched as follows in the joint pretrial conference minute: -
“The constitution and distribution of matrimonial assets.” More
The 1st defendant has raised an exception to the plaintiffs’ summons and declaration and a special plea in bar against the 1st plaintiff the details of which will be dealt with later in this judgment. More
By way of a brief back ground and so far as the pleadings give insight to the matter, the Plaintiff Augur Investments OU is a peregrine private company incorporated in Mauritius under the laws of that country. It is also registered in Zimbabwe as a foreign company and carries on business in Zimbabwe. The second plaintiff Tatiana Aleshina is a private individual whilst the third plaintiff Kenneth Sharpe is described as an adult male with repute as a businessman. The first defendant Tendai Biti is an adult male and a legal practitioner whilst the second defendant Movement for Democratic Change... More
This is an application which is being made in terms of s 34 (2) (b) (ii) of the Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15] to set aside an arbitral award which was granted by the arbitrator David A Whatman the second respondent in this matter. The arbitral award was granted in favour of the first respondent, the City of Harare against the applicant on 4 December 2017. The applicant’s claim arose from a shareholder’s agreement the parties signed in September 2007. Over the years the parties were involved in various disputes resulting in the applicant referring one of the disputes to arbitration.... More
