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1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal), handed down on 3 April 2019 in which it ordered firstly, that the appellant’s name be deleted from the register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers, secondly, that the respondent’s law firm be placed under curatorship for the administration of its trust accounts and/or business accounts and thirdly, that the appellant pays all the expenses incurred by the respondent in connection with the proceedings. More

This is an application for rescission of an order made in default by this Court against the applicant.The background is that sometime in 2015, the applicant was charged and dismissed from respondent’s employ for conduct inconsistent with the fulfillment of conditions of his contract and for disobedience of a lawful order. The applicant lost an internal appeal and referred the dispute to a Labour officer and subsequently to an arbitrator. The arbitrator set aside the decision to dismiss the applicant and ordered reinstatement. The respondent was aggrieved and lodged an appeal to the Labour Court under case number LC/H/1946/15. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down at Bulawayo in which it granted an interim interdict in favour of the first respondent. More

On 12th August 2016, the applicant and 1st respondent signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) which entailed the operation of a safari business by the applicant within the 1st respondent’s Doddieburn-Manyole Ranch. This joint venture would see the applicant, inter alia, marketing wildlife for purposes of safari hunting and keeping accurate books of accounts in relation to the hunts. The 1st respondent as the land authority had the responsibility of signing the TR2 forms after each hunt. The profits realized from the venture were to be shared in accordance with the terms of the JVA. More

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court, sitting at Harare, handed down on 8 May 2019, in which the following order was granted: 1. The appointment of the 2nd and 3rd respondents as Deputy Presidents of the Movement for Democratic Change party were unconstitutional therefore null and void. 2. The appointments of the 2nd respondent as Acting President, and President of the Movement for Democratic Change party were unconstitutional and therefore null and void. 3. All appointments and/or reassignments and actions of the 2nd respondent in his purported capacities as Deputy/Acting or incumbent President were... More

The appellant was dismissed from the respondent’s employ following disciplinary proceedings. The initial hearing acquitted her of wrong doing. The employer was aggrieved by the outcome. It appeared internally and the appeal was successful. This led to her being convicted. She was penalized with dismissal. She was aggrieved by that outcome and appeals to this court on the following grounds. “1. The finding that appellant used a voucher which did not indicate how payment was done, arrival and departure times, what room was booked into was wrong. … 2. The finding by the appeals committee was wrong in that it... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court declaring the agreement of sale between the appellant and the respondents valid and binding on the basis that the appellant had the requisite mental capacity to contract and granting the consequential relief of eviction of the appellant. More