Appellant was employed as a Truck driver by J and J transport. On 21 January, 2012, he was instructed to leave the depot at 6:00a.m to proceed with a copper convoy from Harare to Forbes. The Appellant then left the depot with his loaded truck and proceeded to Chitungwiza. Another driver who was supposed to form the convoy with him then rang the Operations manager, Mr Chipenzi and told him that he was alone at the depot and could not see the Appellant, whom he was supposed to form a convoy with. Other arrangements had to be made for that... More
The two grounds of appeal upon which this appeal is based are that:-
- The Honourable Arbitrator misdirected himself which misdirection amounts to a point of law in his analysis of the facts thereby dismissing Appellant’s claim for Marker-in 1 grade 5 when Appellant was employed by Respondent as such
- The Honourable Arbitrator erred on a point of law in his analysis of the facts by dismissing the Appellant’s claim of the contra preferentem rule which is a trite principle of our law. More
This is an application for condonation for late noting of an appeal.
The brief facts are that judgment against the applicant was granted by the Harare Magistrate’s Court on 13 March 2012. Applicant filed this application on 20 June 2012 after realizing that she needed to be condoned before lodging the appeal. More
The plaintiff is the owner of house number 10 Capri Road, Highlands Harare (“the premises”) which he let out to the first defendant by written lease agreement signed on 15 October 2008 through the agency of Vercham Real Estate. The lease agreement expired on 30 September 2009. More
The appellant,despite his protestations of innocence, was convicted of plain robbery as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act,[Cap9:23]. He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with one year suspended on appropriate conditions. He still protests his innocence and seeks this court’s intervention over his grievance of improper conviction and sentence. This is a classical case in which the dangers of relying on the uncorroborated evidence of a single witness are well demonstrated. I will demonstrate. More
The matter was placed before me as an application for upliftment of the bar operating against the Applicant by virtue of its failure to file Heads of Argument. More
