On 7 November 2016, the applicant, who is a practising legal practitioner operating under the name F. M. Katsande & Partners, filed a Chamber application for “Release and Restoration of Seized Goods Pending Appeal.” The matter was placed before me in chambers in an application for judgment in default of opposition to the application. The goods, which are the subject of the application were seized by and are currently in the first respondent’s custody. More
I heard the present application on 6 April, 2016. I delivered an ex tempore judgment in which I dismissed the application with costs on a punitive scale. I considered the matter as having been put to rest. More
The applicant in this matter is the employer of the first20 respondents. The deputy sheriff of the High Court of Zimbabwe is the 21st respondent and he has not responded to the application. That being so, the 20 respondents shall simply be referred to as “the respondents.” The respondents together with others who are not party to these proceedings, obtained an arbitral award against the applicant on 12 February 2016 for the payment of US$625 729-50 in damages. More
In this action the plaintiff issued summons claiming against the defendants, jointly and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved, payment in the sum of $240 000.00, being 10% commission of the sum of $2 400 000.00 for the role he played as agent in the sale of or investment into, the 1st defendant’s mine. The plaintiff also claimed interest at the prescribed rate, collection commission and costs of suit. More
At the conclusion of submissions by counsel, the Court dismissed this application but ordered a trial de novo before a different regional magistrate More
The respondent was employed by the applicant as its Finance Director. On 13 March 2013 he was dismissed from employment after he was found guilty of misconduct. More
