On 23 March, 2015 the judgment creditor which sued Eleco Elevator Company (Pvt) Ltd, the judgment debtor, obtained a consent order against the latter. The consent order was for the sum of $44 111.32, interest on the stated sum at the prescribed rate reckoned from 30 May 2013 to the date of full payment and costs of suit in the sum of $1 700 which the judgment debtor was enjoined to pay on or before 10 April, 2015. More
I reserved judgment after hearing argument in this application on 17 August, 2017. There has been a delay in the delivery of judgment owing to the fact that I am assigned to the Criminal Division. This and other applications were allocated to judges by the Judge President irrespective of whatever Division they were assigned to as a measure to mitigate the large backlog of civil applications pending in this court. Judges had to find a way of accommodating the extra work without compromising their usual court rolls. I heard this matter at 9.00 am before retiring to chambers to change... More
TSANGA J: On the 26th of October 2018, I dismissed the claimant’s claim in an interpleader application with costs on an ordinary scale having heard the matter on merits. I gave oral reasons for so doing. These have been requested in writing and these are they. More
On 24 June, 2016, the applicant attached movable property in execution of a writ in the case of Israel Nyandoro v George Ngonidzashe and FuturePetroleum (Pvt) Ltd HC 4711/10. The property attached was listed as follows:
(a) 2 x Generators
(b) 1 x gas stove and two cylinders
(c) 1 x Defy fridge
(d) 1 x Microwave
(e) 1 x leather sofa set
(f) 1 x Sony TV
(g) 1 x coffee table
(g) 1 x Brow leather sofa
(i) 1 x sharp TV
(j) 1 x coffee table
(k) 2 x centre rugs
(l) 1 x black couch More
These are interpleader proceedings instituted by the claimant in terms of Order 30 of the High Court Rules 1971 (The Rules) whereby the court is requested to determine competing rights of the parties. More
