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This matter commenced as an action against seven (7) defendants by the two plaintiffs seeking:- 1. a permanent interdict barring the defendants from reproducing, selling or offering for sale exporting or otherwise dealing in their plaintiffs’ works. 2. an order that defendants account for all the profits from infringing plaintiffs’ works. 3. damages calculated at 50% of the profits made by the defendants from infringing plaintiffs’ works for the period 12/02/2009 to date of summons. 4. attachment and delivery up of all infringing copies or articles presently in defendants’ possession and five costs of suit at the attorney and own... More

DUBE-BANDA J: [1] This is a summary judgment application. At the moment this matter was called out, Mr Gumiro counsel for the respondents stood up intending to raise some preliminary issues for consideration by the court. Ms. Mahere counsel for the applicant objected indicating that counsel for the respondents had no right to begin. However, I allowed Mr Gumiro to place on record the preliminary issues he sought the court to consider. [2] Mr Gumiro raised two preliminary issues; the first was that the seventh respondent is now deceased and no executor has been appointed to be substituted for him... More

On the 17th March 2017 after hearing submissions from the parties I granted the following order: More

This is an application for maintenance pendente lite and for contribution towards costs in litigation. The parties were married in 2013 and have three minor children. They no longer stay as husband and wife. The wife had moved out with all the children and is renting accommodation elsewhere. The parties have a pending divorce action. The applicant is not formally employed but is the custodian and primary caretaker of the children on a day to day basis. The respondent, her husband, is a managing director of a company. What applicant seeks are the following sums of money: $ 5 000.00... More

This is an appeal against the sentence imposed on the appellant following his conviction on a charge of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law) Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The appellant was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment of which 4 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on condition that the appellant does not within that period commit an offence involving dishonesty for which he is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. More