The application before this court is one for rescission of default
judgment.
The salient facts are as follows: The first and second applicants are directors of a company named Plastech Design (Pvt) Ltd. The respondent herein successfully sued Plastech Design (Pvt) Ltd for a debt due to the respondent in case number HC 13679/12. The debt was for an amount of US$51 140.67. The respondent executed against Plastech Designs (Pvt) Ltd but they failed to recover the judgment debt. The respondent then sued the 1st and 2nd Applicants in their personal capacity for the US$ 51 140.67 owed to the... More
This is an application for a declaratur. The applicants want this Honourable Court to make a declaration that the refusal or failure to reinstate the applicants to the Police Service by the respondents be and is hereby declared to be unlawful, wrongful, and that the respondents be ordered to pay costs of suit on a punitive scale. More
The applicant, former member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), is seeking an order to be reinstated into the ZRP and for payment of costs on the attorney-client scale. The application is opposed by the respondents. More
In this matter I have to exercise the court’s powers to rescind its order. The background facts are as follows:
1. On 2 November, 2016, the applicant filed an application for bail pending appeal following his conviction by the Regional Magistrate Eastern Division on a charge of rape as defined in s 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with 3 years thereof suspended on the usual conditions of good behaviour. More
This is an application in terms of s 175(4) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”) wherein the applicant submits that s 33(2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (hereinafter referred to as “the Criminal Law Code”) is invalid, in that it violates the right to freedom of expression enshrined in s 61(1) of the Constitution. The applicant also submits that s 33(2)(a) of the Criminal Law Code violates her right to freedom of conscience enshrined in s 60 of the Constitution. More
The applicant and the first respondent entered into a Services Agreement on 29 December 2009. It was for a fixed period, (though providing for renewal) terminating on 31 October 2015. More
The appellant appeared before a Magistrates’ Court sitting at Bindura charged with the offence of contravening section 66 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] – aggravated indecent assault (5 counts). More
