This application is for an extension of time within which to file a notice of opposition in case number HC 2301/19. The order sought is couched in the following terms:
1. The applicant’s late filing of the notice of opposition be and is hereby condoned.
2. The applicant is hereby required to file and serve its notice of opposition on the 2nd respondent’s court application for review within 48 hours of this order.
3. No order as to costs.
The application is opposed.
During hearing, Mr Sibanda, counsel for the applicant after trying to argue in support of this application,... More
In this matter the applicant filed an urgent chamber application asking for the placement of the 1st respondent in provisional liquidation in terms of section 207 as read with section 206 of the Companies Act Chapter 24:03.
Section 206 provides for circumstances under which a company may be wound up by a court and section 207 provides for how the petition for winding up is presented. Section 206 (g) provides that a company may be wound up by the court if the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up.... More
MOYO J: The plaintiffs in this matter issued summons against the defendant claiming from the defendant a sum of $24 380-00 being a balance due in respect of funds that allegedly plaintiffs invested with the defendant around the month of January 2014. Plaintiffs claim that the investment agreement was mutually agreed between the parties and has since been cancelled by the plaintiffs rendering the balance of the invested sum due to them. They have also claimed costs at an attorney and client scale. More
During their life time, Simon Kubvaruno Nhema (Simon) and his wife Lizie Nhema (Lizzie) were the registered owners of an immovable property known as Lot 5 Sunninghill of Willsgrove, measuring 8,6321 hectares. The property is registered under Deeds of Transfer numbers 2770/85 and 03321/21. Lizzie died in 2005 and Simon died in 2008. The deaths of Simon and Lizzie ignited a wave of appointment of executors, which appointments are the underlying cause of this litigation. On one hand the second respondent contends that on 8 January 2018 and in terms of Letters of Administration number D.R.B.Y. 20/18 he was appointed... More
[1] This is a court application for a declaratur. The applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms:
i. A declaratur be and is hereby granted that the property known as Lot 5
Sunninghill of Willlsgrove measuring 8, 6321 hectares held under deeds of transfer 332/2021 and 2770/1985 is registered and owned by the Estate Late Simon Kubvoruno
Nhema. More