Although this matter was filed on the back of a certificate of urgency, its hearing got delayed on account of the need for a clinical psychologist’s report. There was also a directive that the court be furnished with an additional report from a social worker but this never materialised. Other administrative interventions also militated against an early resumption of hearing. Ultimately, at the hearing of the matter the legal practitioners involved had not engaged in any research, a task that then fell on the Judge. More
This is a court application for specific performance, declaratur and other consequential reliefs. The reliefs sought are hereunder set out in full as follows:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:-
1. The purported cancellation, by first respondent, of the agreement of sale of the immovable property described in paragraph 2 below concluded between First respondent and applicant be and is hereby declared to be invalid, null and void.
2. The first respondent be and are hereby directed to,within seven (7) days of the date of this order, sign all documents and do all things necessary to have the transfer of a certain... More
This matter was brought before me on a certificate of urgency on 25 June 2013. After considering the papers I declined to hear the matter on urgent basis on 26 June 2013. In so declining I remarked as follows: More
This is an application for absolution from the instance which was made by the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff’s claim is for damages for defamation arising out of alleged communication which was made by the defendant to Stanbic Bank of and concerning the plaintiff. The background facts may be summarised as follows More
In this matter applicants filed an Urgent Chamber Application in terms of which they applied for a stay of execution of a default judgment pending determination of the applicants’ application for rescission of judgment. At the hearing of the application I ruled ex tempore that the matter was not urgent and removed it from the roll of Urgent Applications. The following are detailed reasons for the judgement:-According to applicants’ application the default judgment the subject of their application for rescission of judgment was granted by the High Court at the Pre-Trial Conference held on the 29 March 2022 under case... More
