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This is an application for the registration of an arbitral award. It is opposed. The facts are fairly common cause. The applicant was a former employee of the respondent. The respondent had terminated her contract of employment. She had considered the termination unlawful and had referred her case to a labour officer for conciliation in terms of s 93 of the Labour Act, [Cap 28: 02] [the Labour Actor the Act]. More

1. In this court application, the applicant approached the court seeking relief on an urgent basis for a declaration that the CCC Party’s office bearers and main organs elected on 26 My 2019 expired on 27 May 2024 and that the decision made by the disciplinary committee constituted of office bearers whose tenure of office had expired to expel him from the party is null and void liable to be set aside. The declaratur was brought in terms of s14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] as read with rule 59 (6) of the High Court Rules,2021. In the... More

This is an application to interdict the first respondent from building and erecting structures on the applicants’ property commonly known as Stand Number 2745 Zizalisari, Mount Pleasant Heights, Harare. More

The application before this court is one for rescission of default judgment. The salient facts are as follows: The first and second applicants are directors of a company named Plastech Design (Pvt) Ltd. The respondent herein successfully sued Plastech Design (Pvt) Ltd for a debt due to the respondent in case number HC 13679/12. The debt was for an amount of US$51 140.67. The respondent executed against Plastech Designs (Pvt) Ltd but they failed to recover the judgment debt. The respondent then sued the 1st and 2nd Applicants in their personal capacity for the US$ 51 140.67 owed to the... More

SERE (PRIVATE) LIMITED VERSUS HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED AND ERNEST & ASHTON HC 8001/03 2. HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED VERSUS CHIWENGA ESTATES (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 4 OTHERS HC 5830/03 AND BON ESPOIR (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND O MATAMBA HC 6318/03 AND BON ESPOIR (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND CCHITIMA HC 5796/03 3. TRIANGLE LIMITED AND HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED VERSUS ER HARRISON AND 4 OTHERS HC 10028/03 AND 4. HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES LIMITED VERSUS CHIREDZI NOMINEES (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 22 OTHERS HC 5831/03 AND CHIREDZI RANCHING CO. (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 8 OTHERS HC 5821/03 AND CHIREDZI RANCHING COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 2 OTHERS HC 6311/03 AND DENHARII (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 4 OTHERS HC 5804/03 AND LYNDHURST ESTATE (PRIVATE LIMITED AND 2 OTHERS HC 6321/03 AND L.T. ENGELS (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND 2 OTHERS HC 6320/03 AND RIO ENTERPRISES & 5 OTHERS HC 5811/03 AND MARATHAN ESTATES (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 3 OTHERS HC 5806/03 AND MAPANZA ESTATES (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 32 OTHERS HC 5823/03 AND KWAINGWE FARMS (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND 10 OTHERS HC 5824/03 AND ESPERANCE ESTATE LIMITED AND PATRICK M SIBANDA HC 5805/03 AND FANTAISE FARMS (PRIVATE) LIMITED & 18 OTHERS HC 5794/03 (2006-05-24)
The applicant Hippo Valley Estates Limited is a Sugar Cane Miller obliged by law to accept sugar cane from growers for milling at its mills. The first respondent in almost all the cases owned farms or settlements on which the rest of the respondents claimed to have been resettled by the government. The respondents delivered sugar cane to applicant for milling. After having accepted the sugar cane for milling the applicant was faced with two competing claims; from the 1st respondents and from the rest of the respondents. It was in these circumstances that the applicant instituted these interpleader proceedings More