HUNGWE J: The appellants were convicted of bribery after a protracted trial. They were each sentenced to 24 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for a period of five years on the usual conditions of good behaviour.
They both appealed against conviction and sentence. They were legally represented at their trial. On appeal only second appellant was legally represented. Their trial lawyers filed the grounds of appeal which addressed various issues they intended to argue on appeal.
First appellant’s grounds of appeal failed to comply with r 22 (1) of the Criminal Appeals Rules applicable to the... More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against a judgment of this court handed down on 4 October, 2019.
The judgment allowed the application for confirmation of the 1st Respondent’s draft ruling which ruling was made in favour of 2nd to 4th Respondent. The ruling is provided for under Section 93 (5a) (b) of the Labour Act [Cap 28:01] (the Act). More
This is an application for leave to appeal a judgment of this court to the Supreme Court.
Appeals from this court to the Supreme Court are provided for in section 92 F (1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] (The Act) which reads:
“(1) An appeal on a question of law only shall lie to the Supreme Court from any decision of the Labour Court.”
It is therefore trite that only questions or a question of law should be raised as grounds of appeal. More
The first plaintiff is the Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe, a duly constituted common law universitas of religious discourse capable of suing and being sued in its name. The second plaintiff is Ngezi Baptist Church, an affiliate member of the first plaintiff, and also a voluntary religious association capable of suing and being sued in its own name. All the defendants are the members of the Ngezi Baptist Church (second plaintiff) who sought to be dissociated with the governing body which is the Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe (first plaintiff) after the first plaintiff made certain amendments to its Constitution. More
The English phrase which reads ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’ carries a lot of meaning with it. Whoever coined the phrase as such must have done his homework. He must have applied his mind to the same. He must, in my view, have realised that, when a person calls at another’s home and finds the dogs at the residence in a sleeping mode, the risk of him being bitten by them is less where he allows them to continue to enjoy their sleep than when he does anything which disturbs their sleep. He must have realised that the moment that he... More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is an urgent application. This application was lodged in this court on 10 June 2021. It was placed before me on the 17 June 2021, and I ordered that it be served on the respondents together with a notice of set down for 21st of June 2021. The relief sought by the applicant has been formulated as follows: More
This is an appeal against the determination of the Appeals Officer appointed in terms of the Old Mutual Code of Conduct, which determination upheld the conviction of the appellant on misconduct charges levelled against him, and the consequent penalty of dismissal More
