This is an application for provisional sentence. The plaintiff issued summons for provisional sentence against the defendant for $352 191.82 together with interest at the rate of 26 per cent per annum from the 1st of April 2014 to date of full payment. Such claim is based on a notarial general covering bond, a deed of hypothecation over immovable property and a personal guarantee all being securities for the banking facilities extended to the first defendant. More
The applicant sought intervention as a negotiorium gestio in HC 8581/11, an action in which the respondent sued Patience Nyangove as the first defendant and Standard Newspaper as the second defendant. More
The accused was convicted after contest of raping his friend’s 13 year old sister on 18 October 2008. He was allegedly caught red handed having sexual intercourse with her by the child’s stepfather.
The complainant had allegedly had previous sexual encounters with the accused on numerous occasions without making any report to anyone. This alleged offence only came to light because she was found in a compromising position with the accused by her stepfather in the house. More
On 16 December, 2015 the applicant moved the court to:
(i) evict the 1st – 21st respondents and all those who claimed occupation through them from Dorith More and Stanley [“the farms”];
(ii) interdict the respondents and those that claimed through them from entering the farms- and
(iii) order the 22nd respondent to assist the Sheriff in evicting the respondents and those who claimed through them from the farms More
I heard this matter on 18 May 2021, I delivered an ex tempore judgment in terms of which I granted the applicant’s prayer with costs.
On 19 October 2021, the High Court Registrar wrote advising me that my decision had been appealed. He requested reasons for the same. These are they:
The applicant is a legal entity. It is the owner and lawful occupier of two pieces of land (“the farm”) which are in the District of Hartley which is now known as Chegutu. The pieces or the farmcomprise(s): More
