The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant her husband, seeking a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. The plaintiff and the defendant were married in Zimbabwe on 6 January 2007. They had both left Zimbabwe in 2002 and were living in London in the United Kingdom. They only came back to marry in Zimbabwe as the plaintiff’s parents are still living in Zimbabwe and wanted to attend the wedding. More
This opposed application is an application for leave to appeal against the judgment of this court under HH390/21 wherein this court dismissed an application for absolution from the instance for the second time on the same matter after having done so under the main case HC2036/15. More
This matter was placed before me as an application for review.
The applicant raised a number of procedural irregularities related to his suspension and the constitution of the disciplinary authority. It was also alleged that there was a splitting of charges and that the disciplinary authority was biased.
Where procedural irregularities are alleged, the applicant must not only show that there were procedural irregularities, it must be shown that the procedural irregularities were prejudicial to him. Not all procedural irregularities vitiate proceedings see Nyahumav Barclays SC 67/05. It is also settled that even where procedural irregularities are established they may... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court (‘the court a quo’) sitting at Harare handed down on 30 July 2021 dismissing the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the disciplinary authority which found him guilty of two counts of misconduct and dismissed him from employment. More
MOYO J: The plaintiffs in this matter issued summons against the defendant claiming from the defendant a sum of $24 380-00 being a balance due in respect of funds that allegedly plaintiffs invested with the defendant around the month of January 2014. Plaintiffs claim that the investment agreement was mutually agreed between the parties and has since been cancelled by the plaintiffs rendering the balance of the invested sum due to them. They have also claimed costs at an attorney and client scale. More
Appellant was employed by Respondent as its Managing Director. During the course of its business, Respondent entered to into a contract with a company styled PME Power Solutions (India) Ltd referred to as PME. The contract was for the design, supply of equipment, construction and commissioning of five (5) 33/11 KVA substations. An external audit carried out showed that there were irregular payments that had been done. Disciplinary action was recommended against the Appellant. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award which found that appellant was not owed any salaries or terminal benefits by respondent upon termination of employment. More
On 3 October 2013 the plaintiff was a fee paying passenger aboard a Toyota Hiace, commuter omnibus, registration number ABQ 3761, belonging to the defendant and being driven by Tawanda Madzimbamuto. The commuter omnibus, [hereinafter referred to as the kombi] was involved in a road traffic accident at the National Sports Stadium in Harare resulting in three people losing their lives. The driver of the kombi died on the spot. The plaintiff sustained injuries as a result of the accident. More
This is an application for the rescission of a default judgment granted by this court on 26 March 2014 when the applicant allegedly defaulted court when her appeal against her dismissal from employment had been set down for hearing. More
1. This is an application brought in terms of s 123 (1) (a) (i) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [ Chapter 9:07] as read with Rule 90 (4) (e) of the High Court Rules, 2021 for the admission of the applicant to bail pending appeal against conviction and sentence. More
This is an urgent chamber application in which a certificate of urgency was issued by a legal practitioner certifying it as urgent. The matter was placed before me through the Chamber Book on 14 February 2012. On the same day I directed that applicant serve all the respondents with a copy of the application in compliance with r 242 (1) of the High Court Rules, 1971. Proof of such service was to be filed to indicate that this directive has been complied with, unless one of the things specified in that rule is shown to exist and the practitioner concerned... More
The applicant was on 16 March, 2016 convicted on his plea of guilty by the magistrate at Chinhoyi for the offence of stock theft as defined in s 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court granting the respondent leave to proceed with the execution of a judgment that it obtained against the appellant bank which is under judicial liquidation. More
The plaintiff is claiming the payment of US$55,908,185-52 together with interest calculated at the rate of 22% from the date of judgment to the date of payment from all the defendants; jointly and severally: with the qualification that fourth and fifth defendant’s liability be limited to US500,000-00 each. (fourth and fifth defendants provided limited guarantees). More
