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The two applicants (Dean Benjamin and Muzaffar Khan) are seeking an order particularized on the draft along the following format: “IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The 2nd and 3rd Respondents are hereby ordered to restore possession of the Volvo A 30 D Dump Truck to the Applicants within 48 hours of being served with this order. 2. Failing compliance with the order in (1) above, the 1st Respondent is hereby ordered to enforce the order in (1) above and restore possession of the Volvo A 30 D Dump Truck to the Applicants, forthwith. 3. The Respondents jointly and severally one... More

On 16 May 2019 the appellant noted an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrate’s Court handed down on 23 April 2019 at Mutare laying out the grounds of appeal as well as relief sought as follows: “A. GROUNDS OF APPEAL 1. The Learned Magistrate erred at law by making a finding based on the papers that the appellant was in defiance of a court order without holding a proper enquiry. 2. The Learned Magistrate thus erred by refusing to hear the appellant on the merits. 3. The Learned Magistrate also erred at law by ordering the incarceration of... More

The applicant was convicted of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (a) of (b) of the Criminal Code on 20 September 2019 and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. He has now filed an application for leave to appeal in terms of r 262 of the High Court Rules, 1971. In his papers the applicant states that “he has good grounds of appeal which are supported by the record of proceedings” he goes on to mention under “Grounds for leave” that he was sentenced for a crime he did not commit, that he was wrongly convicted, and also added that... More

All the 19 plaintiffs who are members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union for the Eastern Region (ZCTU) are claiming from the 3 defendants jointly and severally the following: a) Payment in the total sum of ZWL $38 million broken as follows: (i) $500 000 for unlawful arrest for each (ii) $500 000 for unlawful detention for each (iii) $1 000 000 for malicious prosecution against the defendants b) Interest thereon at the prescribed rate from the date of issue of summons to date of full and final payment. c) Costs of suit on a legal practitioner-client scale. On... More

1.This case is another illustration of the inevitable emotional, social and economic setbacks that attend the breaking of marital vows through divorce. The parties herein were tied up in marital union on 4 March 2011 in terms of the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] which marriage now falls under the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. Two minor children were born out of this marital union namely: Alvin Matara (born on 21 December 2010) and Alison Matara (born on 26 August 2015). More