In this application the applicant seeks the following relief:
“1. The respondents be and are hereby held to be in contempt of this
Honourable Court Order granted on 19 May 2009.
2. The respondents be and are hereby incarcerated for a period of ninety (90) days each.
3. Costs of this application shall be paid by the respondents”. More
On the 29th November 2017 I granted the applicants’ application and my reasons thereof were as follows: This is a ruling in an application for review in terms of section 27 (1) (c ) of the High Court Act, [Chapter7:06] More
The plaintiffs are the registered owners of an immovable property known as 7 Dougal Road, The Grange, Harare. In or about July 2004 the plaintiffs entered into a written agreement with the defendant, in terms of the property mentioned above was leased to the defendant for an initial period of six months, which was subsequently renewed on various occasions, the last such renewal have been agreed to in January 2009. At all material times, the plaintiffs were represented by their nominated agents, Gabriel Real Estate in setting the rentals and other conditions governing the lease. More
This is an application for a spoliation order. There is a lease agreement between the parties. The lease agreement dates back to 2011. Sometime in 2014 there was an attempt to evict the applicant from the premises but this court in 2018 granted absolution from the instance which resulted in the applicant remaining in occupation of the premises. The premises in question are commercial. More
On the 20th July 2015, the arbitrator issued an award in which he ordered Appellant to redo overtime calculation and pay Respondents 50% of the outstanding amounts. More
The applicant has approached this court on an urgent basis seeking the following relief:-
“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:-
(a) First and second respondents be and are hereby interdicted from removing or disposing of any stock of goods from Bay 1 of Number 483 Hawthorn Road, Lochnivar, Harare until finalisation of ownership dispute.
(b) First and second respondents be and are hereby ordered to return forthwith 70 (seventy) boxes of floor tiles removed by the respondents from Bay 1 of... More
This is an application for custody and sole guardianship of a minor child. Applicant is the biological mother of three minor children subject of this matter. First respondent is the biological father. The minor children were born on 1 October 2009, 30 June 2012 and 1 May 2017, out of a marriage contracted on 3 August 2015. Applicant stated in the founding affidavit that the first respondent and herself started staying together as husband and wife in terms of an unregistered customary law union in 2008. Divorce proceedings are pending and the issue of the custody of the minor children... More
The applicant invoked r 348A of the High Court Rules 1971 to stop the sale in execution of a dwelling house scheduled for 16th March 2018 that was purportedly attached on the 28th of February 2018 by the second respondent acting under the instructions of the first respondent. The attached property is a piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury called Stand Number 48 Emerald Hill Township 2 of Stand 26 B Emerald Hill measuring 2002 square metres. More
On 27 February 2021, the applicants lodged an urgent chamber application, whose provisional order reads:
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED
That pending the confirmation or discharge of this provisional order, the applicants are granted the following relief:
1. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respondents be and are hereby ordered, upon service of this order, to immediately restore to the 1st applicant access, possession and/or occupation of the 6th respondent’s business premises, namely, Stand 524 Cleveland, Mutare Road, Msasa, Harare, and 1st applicant’s offices located therein, failing which, the Sheriff of the High Court be and is hereby authorised to assist... More
The plaintiff is a common law universitas involved in charitable activities. It is a former employer of the defendant. The employment relationship endured for some time, until it was severed by the resignation of the defendant from her position as director. The severance of the relationship was not as pleasant as its espousal. More
On 31 December, 2021 one Joshua John Chirambwe (“chirambwe”), the first respondent herein, sued the Law Society of Zimbabwe which is the third respondent in casu, among other two respondents, seeking a declaratur and consequential relief. He filed his suit under HC 7421/21 (“the main matter”). He is a legal practitioner by profession and he is therefore a member of the third respondent herein. More
This is an application for review of a retrenchment package approved by the Minister of Labour and Social Services (“the Minister”) on 24 June 2015. The Minister approved the respondents’ retrenchment as follows: More
KUDYA AJA: This is a chamber application for condonation of the late filing of an appeal and extension of time within which to appeal launched in terms of r 43 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2018. The application is opposed. More
After reading papers filed of record and hearing counsel in this matter, I dismissed the application that was before me with costs, and indicated that the reasons for judgment would be available in due course. These are they. The facts of this case can be summarised as follows: The applicant, Yunus Ahmed was the Director of a company known as Foldaway Investments Private Limited. The respondent, Docking Station Safaris Private Limited t/a CC Sales is a company duly registered in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Bulawayo in which it granted absolution from the instance against the appellants` claim. More
