Electronic Court judgements

Browse Court Judgements by year

The plaintiff and the defendant purportedly customarily married each other in 1997 or 1998. The customary union was not valid as the plaintiff was still married to another woman in terms of the Marriages Act [Cap 5;11]. The plaintiff’s wife died in April or may of 2001immediately after which the plaintiff and the defendant separated as the plaintiff’s family alleged the defendant had caused the plaintiff’s former wife to commit suicide. She threw herself on to a railway line and was crushed to death by a train. The plaintiff and the defendant resumed their customary union in June 2002 after... More

After hearing argument from counsel, the court was unanimous in granting this application in the following terms: “1. It is declared that the applicant is not disqualified from standing as a candidate for election as a councillor in the forthcoming municipal elections. 2. There shall be no order as to costs.” More

This matter came as an appeal by the employee against his dismissal by the Respondent company on allegations of contravening the industry code of conduct. On the date of the hearing of the appeal 2 points in limine were raised by the Appellant. It is those points which are the subject matter of this judgment. More

This is an appeal against the Negotiating Committee’s decision to dismiss the appeal that was before it. More

This is an application for the registration of an arbitral award. The application is opposed. More

The applicant seeks the grant of a provisional order in the following terms; “TERMS OF THE INTERIM ORDER GRANTED 1. The order in case number HC 9919/13 be and is hereby stayed pending the hearing of the application for rescission of judgement under case number HC 10247/13. More

The court is seized with two applications. In HC 6250/12 application is made for rescission of judgment in terms of Order 9 r 63 of the High Court Rules 1971. The relief sought is as follows: More