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The Applicant seeks an order that:- a) The second respondent be ordered to delete the entry in his register relating to first Respondent register number SMS/96/81 now HMS/96/81 and any other entry that was made on the basis of the entry aforementioned; and b) Respondents be interdicted from registering such Birth registry with ‘Mubaiwa’ as the first respondent’s surname. More

I have decided in the two cases above that it would make justice “turn on its head” if I did not grant relief to the applicant. These cases were heard together. The parties had agreed to such a course of action. More

The plaintiff claimeddamages against the defendant in respect of his shop at Murehwa Centre which was gutted by fire at midnight on 8 August 2009. At all material times the defendant,through his company, was renting the shop in terms of a written agreement of lease. The grounds of the plaintiff’s claim were that the defendant’s employees had been negligent in that on the night in question they had neglected to switch off power to the electrical appliances in the shop, especially the chip fryer, resulting in the cooking oil in that appliance overheating to boiling levels leading to an explosion... More

The Respondent was employed as a personal banker by the Appellant and he was stationed in Gweru. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the N.E.C. Banking and Industry undertaking where it ordered the now Appellant to reinstate the Respondent without any loss of salary and benefits. Facts of the case are that Respondent was employed as a crown banker with the Respondent’s Newlands branch at the time of the alleged misconduct. She is said to have on separate occasions processed a fraudulent transaction and failed to verify a client’s signature resulting in the branch losing US$2,300 and $8,500 respectively. As a result of the above conduct she was charged with a contravention of section 11... More

On 6 July 2004 the applicant issued summons against the second respondents, jointly and severally and in solidium for payment of US$900 000-00 which it alleged was overpayment of a loan advanced by the second respondent to the applicant for onward lending to third parties. It alleged that in terms of the agreement between the parties the second respondent would receive repayments directly from third parties and if any overpayment occurred such would be refunded to the applicant. More

This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. More