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This court application for review was filed on the 19th January 2018. The parties appeared before me on the 19th November 2018 and argued the matter. After hearing argument I dismissed the application with costs. More

The appellant’s house Number 9, 27th Avenue, Haig Park in Mabelreign Harare (the house) was sold in execution. The appellant’s challenge of the sale in terms of the common law was dismissed with costs on the adverse scale by the High Court which then ordered her eviction, along with all those claiming occupation through her from the house. This is an appeal against that whole consolidated judgement of the High Court. More

The matter was placed before me as an application for review. The application is premised on Rule 20 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. Although the application was filed and served on 1st and 2nd Respondent on the 13th of September 2019 both 1st and 2nd Respondent had not filed Notices of Response to the application in terms of the Rules of Court. The Registrar of Court proceeded to set down the matter as compelled by Rule 28 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017: Statutory Instrument 150 of 2017. On the date of hearing however 1st Respondent appeared in person... More

On 12 February 2013, the respondent issued a purchase order to the appellant for the supply by the latter of 2 x 12KV vacuum circuit breakers. Early in the morning on the following day, the respondent sent an email to the appellant instructing it to hold any further transactions on the order until further notice. A series of emails was exchanged by the parties, with the respondent insisting that the order be put on hold and that it had in fact cancelled the order. On the other hand, the appellant insisted that it had already placed an order with its... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court delivered on 14 July 2017 which dismissed with costs an appeal launched in that Court by the appellant against the decision of the respondent’s Appeals Committee dated 20 July 2016. More

: This is an application wherein an order is sought compelling the respondent to institute review proceedings against the decision of a magistrate to discharge one Irene Moyo at the close of the state case. The latter was on trial on stock theft charges. More

This is a claim based on an alleged breach of contract. The plaintiff claims that the defendant company is liable for the loss it suffered owing to the malfunctioning of an integral unit of its gold processing mill after the latter supplied and installed defective components. That section of the mill is known as the “agitation plant”. More