The matter was placed before me as appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 22nd of June, 2012. When the parties appeared before me on 27 March 2013 the parties agreed to postpone the mattersine die in order for Respondent to file Supplementary Heads of Argument based on the application by Appellant to amend her notice of appeal. More
Appellant appealed to this Court against his dismissal from employment by Respondent. The appeal is provided for in terms of section 92 D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. More
The plaintiffs’ claim is for damages suffered due to the destruction of their house by fire. The first plaintiff is the owner of No 10, 73rd Avenue Haig Park, Mabelreign, and (the house). The second and third plaintiffs were tenants in the house. The defendant is the authority responsible for the supply and maintenance of electrical power in the country. The plaintiff’s house was connected to the defendant’s electricity transmission at the time of the fire. More
This is an application for rescission of judgment brought by the first applicant and the second applicant. The first applicant is a duly registered company and the second applicant is the majority shareholder of the first applicant and its managing director. More
This is a court application for review of the decision made by the Provincial Magistrate Ms N Marufu, the fourth respondent, sitting at Magistrates Court (Civil) at Harare on 24 October 2023. In terms of that decision the court a quo dismissed the applicant, Shinedrive Auto Services (Pvt) Ltd.’s court application for amendment of summons. More
This is an appeal against the ruling by the Appeals Committee dismissing Appelklant from employment. The appeal was devoid of merit and I dismissed the Appeal on the day of hearing indicating reasons would follow. More
The applicant in this matter faces a charge of contravening section 82 (1) of Statutory Instrument 362 of 1990 as read with section 128 (1) (b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14] as amended in section 11 of the General Laws Amendment number 5 of 2011, that is to say, “Acquire, Possess or Transfer raw unmarked Ivory without a permit.” More
This is a chamber application for the condonation of non-compliance with the Rules of this Court and for an extension of time within which to note an appeal against the judgment of the High Court in Case No. HC 5315/07, handed down on 19 February 2015 as Judgment No. HH 150-15. More
The applicant raises two grounds for review, that is that, firstly, the respondent’s Appeals Officer erred in upholding the decision by the Disciplinary Committee where the Disciplinary Committee had failed to address a preliminary point regarding its own jurisdiction to deal with the matter before considering the merits of the case before it; and secondly, that the decision of the Appeals Officer was grossly irregular in that it upheld the decision of the Disciplinary Committee where that Committee had failed to afford the applicant an opportunity to make an address in mitigation before a penalty was imposed. More
This is an application for condonation for late filing an application for review. It is opposed.
The requirements to be considered and weighed one against the other in order for an application of this nature to succeed as held in Bessie Maheya v Independent Africa Church More
This is a judgment on a preliminary point raised on behalf of both respondents. The background of the matter is that the applicant was employed by an entity known as Medical Investments Limited as a Clerk. This was in terms of a Fixed Term Contract which was signed on 19 December 2007. He was charged with
fraud. Following disciplinary proceedings he was dismissed from employment. His internal appeal was unsuccessful. He was aggrieved by that outcome. He has filed an application for review. It is against this application that a preliminary issue been raised. More
