The brief facts upon which the criminal charge is premised involve the sale of a plot which belonged to Maxwell Sibanda but had been bought by SmithMoyo. One Progress Dube obtained judgment against Sibanda and the plot was attached to be sold in execution. The applicant represented Progress Dube. Smith Moyo’s interpleader application was dismissed whereupon SmithMoyo decided to take over payment of the debt so as to save the plot from being sold. Following that agreement the plot was transferred to Smith Moyo. Despite that agreement and the payment of the debt by SmithMoyo, the plot was subsequently auctioned... More
[1] This matter was placed before me as an urgent chamber application. I have been requested to give reasons for the dismissal of the application. These are they.
[2] The applicant sought relief relating to the freeing by the respondent of the sum of ZWL $34, 700,000(Thirty- Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) that the former claimed was due to it and was being unlawfully held by the latter. More
This is an appeal against the whole decision of the High Court sitting in Bulawayo under judgment number HB 16/14 dated 30 January 2014 in which the appellants’ application for absolution from the instance at the close of the first defendants case was dismissed. More
[1] What is in a name? Is it true that that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell just as sweet? Not quite, if you consider the circumstances of this case. Apparently, there is everything in a name.
[2] On 12 March 2025, the first respondent obtained an order from this court, under case number HCH685/25, placing a company called Sinosteel Zimasco (Private) Limited (‘Sinosteel Zimasco’) under corporate rescue proceedings. The terms of the order were that: More
On 29 June, 2017 the applicant and the respondent (“the parties”) concluded a lease agreement between them. Following the conclusion of the contract, the applicant leased to the first respondent its Furnaces 1, 3, 4 and their associated infrastructure. These are at its Ferrochrome production facility which is in Kwekwe.
Consent to removal of Furnace 1 from the contract was agreed between the parties. The agreement was in terms of a letter which is dated 9 October, 2018.
The lease provided that rentals were payable in United States dollars. They were/are calculated retrospectively by reference to the amount of minerals... More
The Applicant brought this application pursuant to Article 13 of Schedule 1 of the Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15] for the recusal of Mr. Terry, the second Respondent, as Arbitrator of Applicant’s dispute with the first Respondent. More
The employer and the employees in this case approached the Labour Court on appeal and on cross appeal in respect of an arbitral decision which had ruled that they appear before the retrenchment board so that the board could assist them to arrive at a mutually agreeable and mutually beneficial package. More
This is an opposed application wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:-
“1 Respondent shall within two hours of the service of this order on him restore the following property to the applicant;
(a) Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0 Registration Number AAV-5956;
(b) laptop HP Compaq 6720;
(c) Cellphone Samsung D880
2. The cost of this application shall be borne by the respondent”. More
This is an application for vindication. The application was first argued before me on 11 March 2010 and on 21 July 2010, I ruled that the High Court had no jurisdiction since the matter before me was a labour dispute. The applicant appealed against my ruling and on 31 January 2011 the Supreme Court issued the following order:-
“IT IS RDERED THAT:
1. The appeal be and is hereby allowed with costs.
2. The order of the High Court is set aside with costs.
3. The matter be remitted to the High Court for determination before the same Judge” More
This is an application for condonation for the late filing of an application for review. Should this application succeed, the application intends to seek a review of the decision of the 1st respondent rendered on the 1st of September 2022. In that decision 1st respondent declined to entertain the dispute between the applicant and the 2nd respondent on the basis that a determination over the same dispute had already been rendered in March 2014 (which case was captioned as Dispute/Falcon Gold 1 D Stoddart/2014) hence there was no need to re-open it. More
On 13th November 2013 Arbitrator N.A. Mutongoreri made an arbitration award. Therein he dismissed Appellant’s complaints about Respondent’s job evaluation exercise. Appellant then appealed to this Court against the award. Respondent opposed the appeal. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 14 February 2014 in which the respondent was reinstated to his former position without loss of salary or benefits. More
The appellant appeals against the whole judgment handed down by the Special Court for Income Tax Appeals (the court a quo) on 8 July 2020 in ITC 10/19. The court a quo allowed the respondent’s appeal against the appellant’s disallowance of transport expenses purportedly incurred by the respondent in the disposal of concentrates from its mine in the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 tax years (the relevant tax years). More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Fiscal Appeal Court setting aside the classification and revaluation by the appellant’s Commissioner of Customs and Excise of a 2006 white box van Iveco 40C14 motor vehicle. The respondent imported the motor vehicle in question through the Plumtree Border Post on 23 August 2013. It’s clearing agent declared the motor vehicle as a “2006 IVECO DAILY BOX VAN MODIFIED AS AN AMBULANCE”. That much is not in dispute. What is in dispute is the proper classification of the motor vehicle in question for the purposes of calculating customs duty payable to... More
