These are the reasons.
The applicant filed a written application for leave to appeal my judgment under HH 417/18 wherein I found its urgent chamber application as not urgent. I ordered that it be removed from the roll of urgent matters. I also ordered that the applicant pays the first and second respondents’ costs on the higher scale.
The facts of the matter are set out in my judgment under HH 417/18.
The determining factor in an application for leave to appeal is the existence of prospects of success on appeal. More
On 1 July 2015 the respondent sued the applicants for a sum of USD 60 000.00 being damages for malicious prosecution. He alleged that the applicants wrongfully and maliciously caused his arrest, detention and prosecution for contempt of court as a result of which he suffered damages in the sum of USD60 000.00. More
The plaintiff instituted the instant action claiming a sum of US$100 000.00 in respect of defamation damages. The claim arises from the publication by the defendant, a publisher of newspapers, of an article under its letters to the editor section, of an article entitled, “Police, Army please Act”. More
The circumstances leading to this appeal maybe summarised as follows:
On the 19th September 2014 the Appellant entered into a lease agreement with Letwin Emmanuel in respect of property known as 4 Kinross, Alexandra Park, Harare.The property was managed by Luxury Real Estate Agents and the rentals were supposed to be paid to the said Letwin Emmanuel, through the estate agent’s account or directly to Letwin Emmanuel. Letwin Emmanuel was the legal owner of the property and had title deeds. In terms of the written lease agreement between the parties rent was set at US1 000 00 per month. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court which dismissed an appeal against an Arbitral award issued in the respondents’ favour. More
The appellant was tried and found guilty of contravening s 189 (1) (a) as read with s 65 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Chapter 9:23] attempted rape. He was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which 6 months imprisonment were suspended on conditions of good behaviour. More
