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This application tells a story of two brothers who have been fighting over their father’s estate for over thirty years. The facts that are common cause may be summarised as follows: More

This is an appeal against the decision of the Respondent where it dismissed the Appellant following misconduct allegations of embezzlement, willful disobedience to a lawful order and gross negligence of duty in contravention of the Innscor Code of conduct. More

The Appellant lodged an appeal with this court to have it overturn the decision of the Respondent‘s internal Appeals Committee which confirmed his dismissal following allegations of willful disobedience of lawful orders given by his superiors. The facts of the case deserve elaborate mention because the allegations of disobedience arose within the context of these facts. In essence it is the attendant challenges raised by the Appellant on the orders in question which gave rise to the allegations which saw his dismissal. More

This is an application for the deregistration of the respondent from the applicant’s register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers in terms of s 28 (1)(c)(i) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Cap 27:07]. The application has had a long winding circuitous route starting from 22 March 2002 to date. However, although the application was filed in 2002, the respondent was out of the country and only returned in 2003. It is only then that the application became active. More

This is an application for review. The Applicant was charged for contravening Section C, part (VIII) of the Zimbabwe Motor Industry Code, being gross incompetence or inefficiency in the performance of his duties. More

The applicant is said to be a law officer at the Attorney General’s Office who has approached this court as a self-actor seeking a provisional order for a stay of execution of an order this court, per MAFUSIRE J, granted against him on 1 July 2013 in case number HC 6783/12, pending the determination of a rescission of judgment application he has filed in case number HC 7183/13. More

This matter was set down for hearing on 14 November 2013. At the commencement of the hearing Applicant’s legal practitioner made an application for postponement of the matter. The basis for her application was that she was not the one dealing with the matter and had been instructed to seek a postponement. One Chiwashira from the same law firm was dealing with the matter and was ill. She tendered a medical certificate from Doctor L.T. Matanhike which indicated that Fungai Chiwashira had been granted off duty from 13 November 2013 to 14 November 2013. More