An application in which the applicant moves the court to declare him the sole owner of the property which he and another person jointly purchased from the seller is misplaced. A fortiori when the application excludes his co-purchaser whose views remain unknown to the court More
The applicant is charged with the offence of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations on which he was placed on remand by the magistrate were that, on 12 December, 2018, the applicant entered the deceased’s room at 3705 Glen Norah A where they both resided. The deceased was asleep naked. The accused was armed with two knives and a pair of scissors. The applicant stabbed the deceased several times upon his body until the now deceased passed on. Thereafter the applicant cut off the deceased’s testicles using a... More
This is a ruling in an application for absolution from the instance at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The basic circumstances are as follows:
The plaintiff is a son to the first defendant. On the 2nd October 2013, the plaintiff issued summons against the first and second defendants seeking an order in the following terms:
1. An order declaring the agreement of sale entered into between the parties in 2001 legal and binding upon the parties
2. An order transferring the right, title and interest in House No. 1740 St. Mary’s Chitungwiza to the Plaintiff within 21 days of... More
On 10 November 2018, I made an endorsement that this matter is not urgent. On 15 November 2018, the applicant’s legal practitioners wrote a letter through the Registrar requesting for audience on the issue of urgency. I caused the matter to be set down for hearing in my chambers on 21 November 2018. This set down torched a storm with the first respondent’s legal practitioner as will be explained later in the judgement. More
This is a purported appeal from proceedings in the magistrate’s court sitting at Rusape. The circumstances were that on the 18 October 2013 the appellant leased his shop to the respondent. The written lease agreement stated, inter alia, that the rental would be $800 per month subject to renew/review after six months.
On 4 August 2015 the appellant sued respondent for arrear rentals in the sum of $3050.00 for the period June 2014 to 30 April 2015 when respondent vacated the premises.
The defendant denied owing the amount and contended that the rentals had been reviewed downwards to $500.00per month... More
