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After reading documents and hearing counsels I delivered an ex tempore judgment on the 18th of May 2017 granting the order sought on the following terms- “IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The third respondent, and all those that claim through him, be and are hereby evicted/ejected from: CERTAIN piece of land situate in the district of Charter CALLED the Remainder of Palgrave; MEASURING one thousand six hundred comma eight six zero seven (1 600.8607) hectares and CERTAIN piece of land situate in the district of Chilimanzi CALLED Uamvar Estate; 2 HH 370-17 HC 415/14 MEASURING one thousand seven hundred and... More

The applicant seeks the rescission of a default judgment that was granted against it on 11 May 2022, under HC 4637/20. That default judgment was granted following the applicant’s failure to file its plea within the period prescribed by the rules of this court. Before the default judgment was granted, the applicant had, on 22 April 2022, filed a chamber application in HC 2676/22 for the removal of the bar operating against it in respect of its failure to file the said plea. The default judgment was therefore granted when the chamber application for the removal of the bar was... More

Applicant seeks a provisional order in the following terms:- “Terms of the provisional order granted 1. Respondents be and are hereby ordered to forthwith hand over a property listed in Annexture ‘B’ to the founding affidavit to the applicant upon service of this order. 1(a) In the event of the respondents refusing or forbidding to comply with the terms of para 1 above, the Deputy Sheriff be and is hereby authorized to retrieve the said property from the respondents’ property and deliver it to the applicant. 2. Respondents are required to account for one applicant’s property sold prior to 14... More

On 28 September 2010 I granted an order for summary judgment in favour of the plaintiff. An appeal has now been filed and reasons for my judgment have been requested and these are they. In this application, the plaintiff seeks summary judgment for an order in the following terms: More

The applicant in his founding affidavit states that he is a dully consecrated and enthroned Bishop currently heading the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland. The second applicant is the Anglican Board of Trustees for the Diocese of Manicaland whereas the first respondent is the Church of the Province of Central Africa. More