This is an application for absolution from the instance which was made by the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff’s claim is for damages for defamation arising out of alleged communication which was made by the defendant to Stanbic Bank of and concerning the plaintiff. The background facts may be summarised as follows More
Two preliminary points were raised in this matter. These were:
1. Whether or not the application before the court is fatally defective in its failure to comply with the rules, and
2. If the application is properly before me, whether or not the court has jurisdiction to hear the application. More
On 15th November 2011 the Honourable P Shawatu made an arbitration award. In terms thereof he ordered Appellant to pay Respondent an amount of US$28 783.00 as damages in lieu of reinstatement. Appellant then appealed to this Court against the award. Respondent opposed the appeal. Both parties filed extensive Heads Of Argument. They both appeared before the Court led by their counsel. More
On 23rd October 2012 the Honourable Y Malama made an arbitration award. In terms thereof she ordered Appellant to pay salary shortfalls for Respondents amounting to a total sum of US$10 408.51. Appellant then appealed to this Court against the award. More
In this urgent application, the applicant is seeking a provisional order in the following terms:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to the Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:- More
The biblical aphorism: “Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” has lost its meaning in our society. This matter presents a sordid picture of a culture of wanting to reap where persons did not sow. The matter was instituted as an urgent chamber application on 18 September 2012. Through the urgent application the applicants seek an order interdicting the respondents from claiming or demanding payment of rentals from them until the dispute relating to the directorship and shareholding of the first respondent is resolved. The applicants also want an order that they deposit their monthly rentals due to... More
The abovementioned four matters were referred to me for dealingat one and the same time. Ongoing through the records which relate to each of them, I remained alive to the fact that, whilst the applicants are different and have, accordingly, filed their respective applications with the court separately, everything else which relates to each of the four cases is substantially one and the same thing. More
