The 2 plaintiffs instituted summons action against the first and the second defendants jointly and severally the one paying the other to be absolved for US$125 000-00 in respect of the first plaintiff and US$190 000-00 in respect of the second plaintiff as damages for bodily injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiffs were, at the time of the accident, employed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as inspectors in the anti-money laundering division. More
This is an application for an order compelling the respondent to assess capital gains tax payable in respect of the sale of stand 965 Mabelreign Township Harare and to receive such tax from the Deputy Sheriff for Harare on the pain of costs of the application. The said property is currently registered in the name of a company known as Ellseck Investments ( Private) Ltd. More
Parties who enter into an unsanctioned lease agreement ought not to seek judicial assistance to enforce their rights and obligations towards each other. More
The essence of this appeal is against the lower court’s refusal to make a factual finding that the respondent, Mavis Mbunga, was the owner of a dog that bit the appellant in an incident which occurred in December 2017. She was bitten on her fore arms, her right thigh, right shoulder, buttock and left breast. The incident occurred when the appellant had gone to the respondent’s residence to look at a potential cottage for rental. She was taken to hospital and her bills were paid for by the respondent. She claimed US$4000.00 in the court below for loss of earnings... More
The plaintiff is a trust duly established in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The first defendant is a company duly incorporated according to the laws of Zimbabwe. The second defendant is a director of the first defendant. The third defendant is also a trust established in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. It is the sole shareholder in the first defendant. The plaintiff instituted proceedings against the defendants claiming the following relief:
“a] An order confirming the mutual termination of the agreement of sale of Stand 487 Quinnington Township of Stand 479 Quinnington Township, Harare [hereinafter the property] entered... More
In this divorce trial, the main issue centres on whether plaintiff is entitled to a 50% share of immovable property known as 316 Ard Na Lee Close, Glen Lorne, in Harare. The claim is against the back drop of nearly four years of marriage to the plaintiff. The parties married in November 2017 and the separated in September 2021. More
The two respondents who are husband and wife purchased curtain piece of land situated in the District of Umtali called stand 86 Murambi Gardens of Umtali Township lands measuring 3450 square metres for RTGS $450 000 .00 through a deputy Sheriff’s public auction. The property was previously owned by the now appellant. The two were confirmed purchasers of the property on 5 March 2019, they are now title holders under Deed of Transfer No.3520/19. The respondents then issued summons against the appellant in the magistrate court seeking her eviction from the property at the same time claiming holding over damages... More
On 27 October 2021, the parties argued an application for a joinder before me, and I granted the order sought by the applicant. The brief background is that there is matter under HC 3170/18, which is before this court. On 3 October 2019, the parties appeared before Justice Tagu, who struck that matter (HC 3170/18) off the roll and ordered that an application for joinder of the applicant be filed. The dispute in HC 3170/18 concerns two properties, namely, Stand 48 Aspindale Park Township of Subdivision A of Aspindale Park of Subdivision A and B of Lochinivar, measuring 100,3134 hectares,... More
This is an application for a spoliation order. The draft order reads as follows-
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms;
1. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents be and are hereby interdicted from interfering in any manner with the Applicant’s business operations at the tuck shop situated at Gateway Primary School including but not limited to barring her potential customers from buying from the tuck shop.
2. The1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents be and are hereby ordered not to unlawfully evict... More
Appellant appealed to this Court against her dismissal from employment by Respondent. The appeal was made in terms of Section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. Respondent opposed the appeal.
The grounds of appeal were eight-fold. However Respondent’s attorney submitted that the grounds broadly raise 2 (two) issues being the propriety of the conviction and the penalty respectively. More
Applicant’s application for leave to appeal filed under case Number LCH 231/24 was deemed abandoned by the Registrar in terms of Rule 46(b) of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. More
This is an application for review in terms of O33 r256 wherein the applicant seeks the setting aside of a judgment handed down by the 2nd respondent sitting at Kwekwe Magistrates’ Court on 17th December 2010 on the following grounds: More
This is an application for condonation for late noting of an appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Committee that was handed down on 24 May 2019. The Disciplinary Committee found the applicant guilty of all the three charges that were raised against her and she was dismissed from employment. More
On 13 March, 2023 the plaintiff issued provisional sentence summons against the defendants, jointly and severally the one paying the other to be absolved, for payment to her of the total sum of USD100 000 together with interest at the prescribed rate calculated from 1 February, 2023 to the date of full payment together with legal costs which are at attorney and client scale. She based her claim on two acknowledgements of debt which the defendants signed on 22 January, and 27 February, 2023 in terms of which the latter agreed to repay to her on 31 January 2023 the... More
In the magistrate’s court the respondent sued the appellant for payment of a sum of money said to represent the purchase price for certain farm machinery and equipment sold by the respondent to the appellant but for which the appellant had not paid. The appellant entered an appearance to defend. That was just about the only proper document filed for the appellant throughout the course of this whole case. More
