This is an application for review in terms of s 26 of the High Court Act, [Cap7:06].
The background facts to this matter are as follows:The applicant is a mining investment company duly incorporated in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The applicant’s directors discovered what they believed to be a disused and abandoned mine at the site of the old Ran Mine in the district of Bindura. The site was then being worked by illegal panners. The directors then enquired with the Ministry of Mines as to the ownership and status of the mine. They were advised that the... More
This matter was placed before me as a court application for leave to institute a class action, in terms of s3 of the Class Actions Act [Chapter 8:17], the “Act”. The basis of the application is set out in the affidavit deposed to by the first applicant as confirmed and supported by the second to the fifth applicants More
This is an application by the defendant for absolution from the instance at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff, Bleimah Investment (Private) Limited, sued the defendant, Visperfaide (Private) Limited trading as Synergy Biscuits, for payment of a debt allegedly acknowledged in a written agreement. The matter commenced by summons for provisional sentence, but that relief was refused and the case proceeded to trial as an ordinary action. After the plaintiff led evidence from its sole witness, the defendant invoked r 56(6) of the High Court Rules 2021 and applied for absolution on the basis that no prima facie... More
On 4 August, 2022, Applicant filed an urgent chamber application for spoliation and interim interdict. The founding affidavit was deposed to by the director of the applicant, Ariginero Muzeya (Muzeya). He gave the following factual background. Applicant and the landlord entered into a lease agreement in 2002 for shop number 4 at Patrick Court in which a Sports Bar was operated. Business and popularity increased and space became an issue. In 2014 they entered into an addendum to the lease agreement whereby applicant leased shop number 5 as well. The two shops were combined into one sports bar.Everything was going... More
This matter was placed before me as an urgent chamber application. The applicant seeks the following order.
TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms;
1. The two cases, case no. HC 7459/18 and HC 752/17 shall be consolidated and tried together as one action.
2. Costs of this application shall be determined in the application for consolidation case no. HC 6659/20.
INTERIM ORDER GRANTED
Pending the confirmation or discharge of this order or resolution of the dispute between the parties, applicant is... More
