This is an application for summary judgment. The bulk of the facts in this case are not in dispute. It is common cause that on 27 June 2005 the parties concluded an agreement of lease wherein the applicant company let its property known as Shop No. 3 at Fingaz House measuring 84.75 square metres in extent to the respondent company. More
These two matters were heard at the same time for the purposes of convenience. In the first matter, HC 5403/09, the applicant seeks rescission of an order issued by this court on 28 October 2009 in HC 4101/09. In the second matter, HC 976/10, the applicants seek an order be found to be in contempt of court and for their committal to prison for such contempt. More
The applicant is a church organisation styled The Church of God International 1932 represented by its secretary general one Zeburon Pedzisai Nengomasha. On the other hand the respondents are alleged to be board members of a rival breakaway rebel church organisation also operating under the style of Gospel of God International. More
The plaintiff is a common law universitas of the residents and ratepayers of a suburb called The Grange in the city of Harare. They came together as an association of residents who purchased residential stands from the defendant during the period extending from 2007 to date. The defendant is a property development company that purchased a 60 ha plot of land More
This is an appeal against the decision of the National Employment Council
for the Welfare and Educational Institutions. The grounds of appeal are that;
1. The appeals committee a quo grossly erred and erroneously misdirected itself in finding that Appellant ought to have proved that excessive force had been used rather than that extreme pain and discomfort had been felt.
2. The NEC Appeal Committee grossly erred and seriously misdirected itself in ignoring the extant untested evidence to the effect that the assault by Respondent had caused the child extreme pain and discomfort. A fortiori,
the committee erred in finding... More
On 29th April 2010 the Honourable Y Malama made an arbitration award. In terms thereof she ordered Appellant to either reinstate Respondents in its employ or pay them damages for loss of employment. Honourable Malama made a 2nd award in terms of which she ordered Appellant to pay each Respondent an amount of US$12 065.80 as damages in lieu of reinstatement. More
The judgment in respect of which the application is made was received by applicant on the 4th of December 2013. The judgment struck off the roll, with no order as to costs; an application for substitution of respondent who was then cited as “Anglican Church of St Mary’s and All Saints” with “Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA). More
On 1st December 2020 we ordered that the respondent’s name be deleted from the register of legal practitioners, notaries and conveyancers. A request has been made for our reasons for purposes of appeal.
The respondent was admitted to practice law in 2011. At the time of the present allegations he was employed as a professional assistant by Magwaliba and Kwirira Legal Practitioners in Chiredzi. He was made to appear before this tribunal on allegations of misappropriation of trust funds and theft. More
The respondent was registered to practice law in this country on 5 March 1997. The applicant seeks the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners, notaries and conveyancers on account of several complaints of misconduct. More
On 9 July 2021 the respondent was found guilty of unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy conduct. He had been charged with contravening s 23 (1) (c) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27:07] (the Act) as read with sections 70 E and 70F of the Law Society of Zimbabwe Regulations, 1982 (SI 314 of 1982) and s 23 (2) (b) of the Act. It had been alleged that he failed:
(a) to provide his client with a comprehensive debt collection report;
(b) to account for the deposit the client had paid to his firm.
(c) to renounce agency at the request... More
The applicant applied for an order for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners, notaries public and conveyancers. The applicant also sought an order for the respondent to pay expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. More
The respondent is a legal practitioner practising under the style of Lawman Chimuriwo Attorneys at Law. He set up the firm with another legal practitioner in 2012 soon after registration as a legal practitioner. He was registered on 7th January 2009. The applicant contends that the respondent should be found guilty of unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy conduct arising from complaints brought to its attention by Mr Kenias and Mrs Farai Mafukidze (the Mafukidzes). The applicant filed the present application seeking an order for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the register of legal practitioners, notaries and conveyancers. It is... More
This is an application for the deletion of the respondent’s name from the Register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers and payment of expenses incurred by the applicant in connection with these proceedings. The respondent is alleged to have acted at the same time for two different parties where the interests of the parties were conflicted or were bound to be conflicted. He sold the immovable property of a client without the client’s authority or an order of court. After selling the immovable property and receiving the purchase price, he failed to remit the balance of purchase price to... More
On 28th of February 2013, one Pia Violet Jumo lodged a complaint with the applicant against the respondent. The complaint is based on the following facts which are largely common cause. The complainant and her husband (the complainants) entered into an agreement of sale with one Blessing Tusaumwe (the seller) in terms of which they purchased an immovable property from the seller for a sum of US$27 000. The transaction was facilitated by a real estate and property management company known as Tshukudu Properties & Management (the company). The respondent, who is the principal of the law firm Baera &... More
