This is an application for the deregistration of the respondent from the applicant’s register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers in terms of s 28 (1)(c)(i) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Cap 27:07]. The application has had a long winding circuitous route starting from 22 March 2002 to date. However, although the application was filed in 2002, the respondent was out of the country and only returned in 2003. It is only then that the application became active. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Legal Practitioners Tribunal “the Tribunal” sitting at Harare, dated 30 June 2021 convicting the appellant of contravening s 23(1) (d) and s 23 (1) (c) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27:07] as read with By Laws 70 E and 70 F of the Law Society of Zimbabwe and sentencing him to the removal of his names from the Register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers. More
When I received the urgent chamber application, I set down the matter and the parties appeared before me on 13 June 2022. The matter was postponed by consent to 29 June 2022 subject to some directions. I ordered the first and second respondents to file their opposing affidavits no later than 16 June 2022. The applicants were to file their answering affidavit by 20 June 2022, and file their heads of argument no later than 23 June 2022. I then directed the first, second and third respondents to file their heads of argument by 28 June 2022. I made no... More
The plaintiff runs a tour operator company under the style of LED Travel and Tours (Pvt) Ltd. The first defendant owns Douglas Car Sales (Pvt) Ltd and he also owns the second defendant. The present feud between the parties has its genesis in matters of football and partnership.
When the first defendant, in 2008, found it difficult to run the second defendant due to financial constraints, he intimated to the plaintiff that he was thinking of either selling the second defendant’s franchise or seeking a partnership in order to lessen the financial burden bedevilling him. The two subsequently concluded a... More
The appellant is the leader and founding member of the Johanne Masowe Church in Marondera a well known religious sect, whereas the complainant is the daughter of his former aide one Perekedzai Rafirakumwe Ziumo. More
This is an application for review. The Applicant was charged for contravening Section C, part (VIII) of the Zimbabwe Motor Industry Code, being gross incompetence or inefficiency in the performance of his duties. More
Applicant was employed by the respondent as a Property Consultant. He was charged with lack of skill or knowledge which the employee expressly or by implication holds himself to possess on 7 February 2012. A disciplinary hearing was held on 20 and 21 February 2012. Applicant raised a number of preliminary points which were dismissed by the hearing officer. The hearing proceeded and applicant was found guilty as charged and dismissed from employment. On 27 March 2012 he noted an appeal against the dismissal. At the same time applicant applied for the review of the decision of the Appeals Authority... More
On 29 March 2013, appellant and respondent concluded an agreement of cession relating to a certain piece of land situated in the District of Mutasa being Stand Number 729 Tsungure Medium density, Penhalonga measuring 506m2 for an amount of US$4 500-00. The appellant paid a deposit of $500-00 leaving a balance of $4 000-00 which was agreed to be paid off on or before 29 April 2013. The concrete stones on sight and river sand were included to form part of the purchase price. It is not in dispute that the appellant failed to meet the deadline date and the... More
This is an application for bail pending appeal which I heard on 13 November 2019 and dismissed in an ex tempore judgment primarily for lack of prospects of success. Applicant’s counsel has since requested for written reasons for my judgment and I provide them herein. More
The applicant is said to be a law officer at the Attorney General’s Office who has approached this court as a self-actor seeking a provisional order for a stay of execution of an order this court, per MAFUSIRE J, granted against him on 1 July 2013 in case number HC 6783/12, pending the determination of a rescission of judgment application he has filed in case number HC 7183/13. More
The plaintiff and the defendant were joined in holy matrimony on 8 December 1996 at Harare in terms of the Marriages Act [Cap 5:11] of the Laws of Zimbabwe. They had however commenced living together as husband and wife in terms of customary law in 1985. They were both born and bred in Zimbabwe. They have lived in Zimbabwe all their lives and consider it their country of domicile. More
The plaintiff issued summons claiming:
1. Payment of $135 964 920-00 being monies due and payable to the plaintiff in respect of unpaid salary and benefits in terms of the contract of employment which the plaintiff gave written notice to terminate beginning 1 October 2004
2. Interest from 1 January 2008 to date of payment in full calculated at the prescribed rate
3. The release of the Isuzu KB 320 registration No. 780-824W to the plaintiff within 48 hours of the date of this order and
4. Costs of suit.
Defendant entered an appearance to defend. More
