The brief facts of this case have been properly summarized by the respondent in its heads of argument filed on 3 March 2005 and are as follows: -
The appellant and the respondent entered into a written agreement in respect of property referred to as Number 4 Wellington Avenue, Belvedere, Harare (the property). The duration of the lease was for 12 months. More
The appellant was arraigned before the court sitting at Harare Magistrate’s Court for contravening s 52 (2) (a) of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11]-negligent driving. After a trial the appellant was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of US$300-00, in default of payment to serve one month imprisonment. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award dated 7 January 2013 the operative part of which reads as follows:
“1. The Respondent did not commit an unfair labour practice by not renewing Claimant’s contract.
2. Claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal is therefore dismissed for lack of merit.” More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s disciplinary authority which dismissed appellant following misconduct charges of stealing some number plates and 3rd plates from his workplace in contravention of the Public Service Regulations 2000 as amended. More
This is a composite court application for condonation for the late filing of an application for rescission of default judgment and the rescission of default judgment in terms of rule 29(1) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The default judgment was handed down by this court on 18 July 2022. In that judgment, the court ordered the applicant (who was the second respondent therein) to deliver to the first respondent (the applicant therein) the outstanding 1, 020, 26 cubic metres of granite blocks, alternatively, pay the sum of US$446 322.31 being the total value of the 1, 020, 26 cubic... More
The applicant approached the court on a Certificate of Urgency setting a Provisional Order in the following terms
“Final Order Sought
1. The decision of the first respondent in Case Number R254-7/15 R300/15 wherein she ordered that the exhibit amounting to US5 545.00 be given to the second respondent is set aside and replaced with the following decision.
2. Party (ies) opposing application to pay costs of suit. More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) handed down on 30 August 2023 granting to the appellant a decree of divorce and distributing the matrimonial assets of the parties to them. The part of the judgment being appealed against is the award of what has been, in essence, their matrimonial home, to the respondent, while according to the appellant a bed and breakfast business (B n B) consisting of a two roomed cottage that the parties constructed on a subdivision of the matrimonial home. More
The parties to the dispute were engaged in an employer employee relationship. The relationship ended and the employee approached the Labour officer with a claim of failure by the employer to pay notice pay, leave days, compensation for off days and public holidays see page 18 of the record which is the complaint form. More
The plaintiff and the defendant (the parties) married each other in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17] on 16 of January 2016. No child was born out of the marriage. During the subsistence of the marriage, no immovable property was acquired. The movable property acquired is termed to be not of substance. On 11 May 2020, plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary remedies. He stated that the marriage relationship between the parties has irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there are no reasonable prospects of... More
This is a claim for damages arising out of the arrest and detention of the plaintiff by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on 10 October 2016. In the summons the plaintiff claims a sum of US$12 000 as damages for “illegal arrest, detention and infringing (of) the plaintiff’s constitutional rights in terms of s 50(1) and (2), 51 and 70(1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013”. More
The parties in this matter were married on the 27th of September 1997. There are two children born out of the marriage both of whom are now majors. On 4 October 2021 Plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. The Defendant entered an Appearance to Defend and subsequently filed his plea to the Plaintiff’s claim. More
The matter was placed before me as an appeal against a determination by the Health Services board handed down on 31st January, 2012.
The material background facts are that the appellant was employed by the respondent as a painter based in the Engineering Division at Parirenyatwa Hospital. On the 23rd of May 2011 he was apprehended by plain clothes security guards whilst in possession of 41 iron bars which belonged to the Hospital. He had been observed earlier by the same plain clothes security guards dropping part of the loot near the corner of Leopold Takawira and Cork Road. He... More
The plaintiff is suing the defendant for damages for defamation. The trial was scheduled
to begin on 29 March 2022. It did not. The defendant’s counsel of choice was said to be
indisposed and therefore unavailable. Amid objections by the plaintiff, I postponed the matter
to the second judicial term of 2022. In the meantime, two interlocutory issues were argued. The
first was the defendant’s application to compel further discovery of certain documents by the
plaintiff. The application had been filed separately under a different case number and via the
chamber book. The second was a coterie of what the... More
