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This is application for summary judgment. Applicant issued summons against respondent in which he is claiming the following relief- 1. Cancellation of lease agreement between the parties in respect of the property known as number 37 Hillview Road, Philadelphia, Harare. 2. Ejectment of respondent from number 37 Hillview Road, Philadelphia, Harare. 3. Payment of arrear rentals accrued from February 2009 to July 2010. 4. An order for payment of holding over damages at US$750.00 per month. 5. Costs of suit. More

The dispute between the parties is steeped in the realm of employment law. The bare bones are that applicant who is the largest shareholder in second respondent with a 19.42% shareholding, used to be employed by second respondent as the managing director - (This in fact constitutes the main bone of contention between the parties – respondents aver that applicant verbally resigned the post in early 2010 as can be gleaned from minutes of a meeting held on 3 May, 2010 chaired by the applicant at which he introduced doctor Saungweme who took over from him as the new managing... More

The respondent is the applicant’s tenant. The parties are engaged in litigation under case Number HC 5940/2010 wherein the applicant has instituted eviction proceedings against the respondent. More

This is an application wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:- “IT IS ORDERED THAT:- 1. The respondent shall forthwith release to the applicant the Crysler Lemis 300C Hemi motor vehicle seized from the applicant on the 21st October, 2009. 2. The applicant shall not be required to pay any duty or storage charge in respect of the motor vehicle. 3. The costs of this application shall be paid by the respondent on the legal practitioner and own client scale”. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the Harare Magistrates Court, sitting on 10 June 2010, granting an eviction order against the appellant. The appellant seeks an order setting aside that decision and dismissing the respondent’s application for eviction of the appellant. He also seeks an order for costs on a legal practitioner and client scale. More

The applicant seeks the rescission of a judgment entered against him in default by this court on 26 June 2008. The effect of the order was to cause the eviction of the applicant and all those claiming occupation through him from residential premises described in the order as 1075 Chipadze Township Bindura. Only the first respondent opposed the application and I will hereinafter refer to it as the respondent. The facts which are common cause are as follows. The applicant was until November 2007 employed by the respondent. By dint of his status as an employee the applicant was allocated... More

The plaintiff and defendant were married to each other at Harare Magistrates Court on 7 June 1993 in terms of the Marriages Act, Cap 37 (now Chapter 5:11) and the marriage still subsists. They had however commenced living together as husband and wife in terms of customary law in between the years 1987 and 1988 (the exact year is not agreed). Their marriage was blessed with two children who were born on 2 May 1989 and 3 March, 1995 respectively. During the subsistence of the marriage they acquired various movable property and an immovable property namely, House No. 25 Ambleside... More