The first plaintiff is the Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe, a duly constituted common law universitas of religious discourse capable of suing and being sued in its name. The second plaintiff is Ngezi Baptist Church, an affiliate member of the first plaintiff, and also a voluntary religious association capable of suing and being sued in its own name. All the defendants are the members of the Ngezi Baptist Church (second plaintiff) who sought to be dissociated with the governing body which is the Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe (first plaintiff) after the first plaintiff made certain amendments to its Constitution. More
The English phrase which reads ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’ carries a lot of meaning with it. Whoever coined the phrase as such must have done his homework. He must have applied his mind to the same. He must, in my view, have realised that, when a person calls at another’s home and finds the dogs at the residence in a sleeping mode, the risk of him being bitten by them is less where he allows them to continue to enjoy their sleep than when he does anything which disturbs their sleep. He must have realised that the moment that he... More
On 24 August 2018 I heard an application for spoliation and granted the following order in favour of the applicant after delivering an ex tempore judgment.
“It be and is hereby ordered that÷
1. Applicant is restored unhindered possession of stand 8282 Kirkman Gardens, Harare and second respondent shall forthwithremove 1st respondent and his cabin from stand 8282 Kirkman Gardens, Harare.
2. 1st respondent is ordered to maintain peace and applicant’s undisturbed access to stand 8282 Kirkman Gardens Harare.” More
J: This is an application for confirmation of a provisional order that was granted on 25 November 2016. The relief that is now being sought is an order declaring the applicant to be the owner of stand number 7804 Belvedere West, Harare More
This is an appeal against a judgment by a Magistrate sitting at Gokwe Magistrates Court. The plaintiff and defendant in the court a quo are the appellant and respondent respectively in this appeal. The parties were in an unregistered customary union. More
