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This is an application on notice of motion for leave to bring civil process against the respondent who is a sitting judge of this court. More

This is an urgent court application in which the applicant seeks the following relief: “TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That the First Respondent shows cause why a final order should not be granted in the following terms: 1. The Application be and is hereby granted 2. The Execution of the Default Judgment granted on the 21st of June; 2022 under Case No MC 39520/16 against the Applicant be and is hereby stayed pending the determination of the Application for Rescission of Default Judgment under Case No SC 237/22 3. There shall be no order to costs More

Appellant filed his notice of appeal on the 2nd August 2022. Respondent filed its notice of response on 12th August 2022. Then appellant filed an answering affidavit on the 24th August 2022. Respondent argued that the answer was improperly filed. Rule 19 of the Labour Court Rules SI. 150/17 provides for an appeal and response thereto. It does not provide for an answering affidavit by the appellant. On that basis the answer was improperly filed. Appellant sought to get around this hurdle by seeking condonation by this Court. Indeed the Court can condone departure from the Rules in terms of... More

Appellant appealed to this Court against his dismissal from employment by Respondent. The appeal is provided for by section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. The grounds of appeal were initially two-fold. However upon challenge by respondent, this Court struck off the second ground. More

The applicant, a legal entity which is registered in terms of the laws of Zambia applied to review the decision of the respondent, a corporate body which is established in accordance with the Revenue Authority Act of Zimbabwe. Its grounds of review are three. They are that: i)the respondent’s forfeiture of its techno mobile phones is grossly irregular on account of the allegation that the respondent failed to take into account the fact that the applicant was not involved in the violation of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02] (“the Act”) ii)the respondent’s forfeiture of the applicant’s mobile phones... More

This is a contested divorce matter in which divorce was sought on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. More

In the application before me, the applicant seeks specific performance of an employment contract. The background facts are not heavily disputed, hence, I will highlight them in brief. The applicant was employed by the respondent as corporate Secretary until the 31 March 2020, when his contract was terminated on notice. In terms of the agreement (hereinafter called “the 2015 contract”), the applicant was employed for a fixed period of four (4) years. The contract gave him a number of benefits specified in clause 10, which I now summarize below: More