This application was filed on urgency on 19 March 2021 and was placed before me initially on 24 March 2021. At the hearing it turned out that there was a similar application pending before this court involving the same parties, seeking the same relief under Case number HC 608/21 (the first urgent application.) The first urgent application was filed on 16 March 2021 and was placed before my brother MUSAKWA J who struck it off the roll for applicant’s failure to use the correct form.
At the initial hearing of 24 March 2021, a preliminary point of lis pendens was... More
The applicant approached the court on an urgent basis. The matter was regarded not urgent and the application was heard as an opposed matter. The applicant was seeking for the relief to compel the first respondent to surrender property and assets belonging to the estate of the late Shingirai Bevan Tirivangni Mukandi (hereafter referred to as Mr Mukandi).
The brief facts are that, the applicant as the executor dative of the estate of the late Mr Mukandi has a duty provided under s 42 of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01] to compel any person who is not an... More
I dismissed this bail application on the turn on 24 March, 2020 and indicated that detailed reasons would be availed upon request. In determining the application I indicated to counsel that there were no prospects of success on appeal. I have been requested to provide the detailed reasons for judgment. More
This is an appeal against a judgment of the Magistrates Court in terms of which the appellant was convicted of kidnapping or unlawful detention as defined on s 93 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law(Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The appellant was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on condition that within that period he does not commit similar offence. More
The legal issue that arises in this chamber application is whether the provisions of the Labour Act [Cap 20:01] exclude the jurisdiction of the High Court in areas where the Labour Court has jurisdiction. More
