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Applicants have approached this Court on an urgent basis seeking an interdict. More

This is an application for condonation for late filing an application for review. It is opposed. The requirements to be considered and weighed one against the other in order for an application of this nature to succeed as held in Bessie Maheya v Independent Africa Church More

This is a judgment on a preliminary point raised on behalf of both respondents. The background of the matter is that the applicant was employed by an entity known as Medical Investments Limited as a Clerk. This was in terms of a Fixed Term Contract which was signed on 19 December 2007. He was charged with fraud. Following disciplinary proceedings he was dismissed from employment. His internal appeal was unsuccessful. He was aggrieved by that outcome. He has filed an application for review. It is against this application that a preliminary issue been raised. More

The applicant filed an application in which he sought a declaratur to the effect that the Master of the High Court’s appointment of George Lentaigne Ingran Lock as executor in a deceased estate of Farida Hattena DR 722/17 be declared null and void. George Lock is the first respondent in this matter whilst the Master is the third respondent. Also sought was that the removal of one Freddy Chambari as curator bonis in that estate be declared null and void. However, Freddy Chimbari is himself not a party to the application. The agreement of sale of the deceased Farida Hatttena... More

This is an application brought in terms of article 34 (2) (b) (ii) of the Arbitration Act (Chapter 7:15) for an order setting aside an arbitration award on the basis that it is contrary to public policy. Applicant purchased a piece of rural land for purposes of extending its own boundaries and took title over the land by virtue of Deed of Transfer 1989/08 dated 25-09-2008. On that land, applicant produced a proposed subdivision of the whole land which it meant to construct multiple of smaller land parcels. A general map for the proposed subdivision was produced depicting and capturing... More

This is an application for review of the decision of the first respondent herein (the Master) in accepting the will of the late Haggai Morel Mubariki who passed away on 8 January 2021. The review application is brought by his widow, Silence Mubariki, with whom the deceased had a civil marriage. More

The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife who were married on 31 July 2015, in Harare, in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. The marriage was blessed with two children being Elianna Tadiwa Ruwodo (born on 8 February 2017) and Alayna Atipa Ruwodo (born on 5 March 2021). The marriage relationship has fallen on unhappy times leading to the institution of these divorce proceedings. More