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This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 13 January 2021 under judgment No. HH 25-21. The court a quo dismissed the appellants’ claims in HC 7760/18 and HC 7843/18, which had been consolidated, upon finding that the appellants had no locus standi in judicio to seek the cancellation of two agreements of sale viz; one between Village Inn (Pvt) Ltd and Tatipano Properties (Pvt ) Ltd and the other between Folay Investments (Pvt)Ltd and Paradise Road (Pvt) Ltd. More

1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court of Zimbabwe (the court a quo) sitting at Harare dated 27 July 2022. After hearing submissions from the appellant and counsel for the respondent, the court dismissed the appeal with costs indicating that reasons for the order would be given in due course. These are the reasons. More

This is an application for the upliftment of the bar by the 3rd respondent. The application was fiercely contested by the applicants. More

The Applicant was employed by the Respondent as a Management Accountant. His employment was terminated in 2001 following a restructuring exercise. Dissatisfied he challenged the termination in this court. On 13 April, 2004 under reference, Edward Gutai Marimo Mudyavanhu vs. Cairns Foods Limited LC/H/35/2004 my sister, Honourable Makamure J found that Applicant was wrongfully dismissed from employment and directed payment in damages in compensation. In 2009 Applicant filed an application for quantification of damages. On 27th May 2009 under judgement reference LC/H/66/2009 Honourable Mhuri J, quantified the total damages payable in the amount of Zimbabwean Dollars $ 26 076 252.00.... More

This is an appeal against both conviction and sentence. The appellant was convicted after a full trial, of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. The appellant was found by the court a quo to have raped the complainant from 2011 to 2015 during the time that the complainant was living at the appellant’s residence. The complainant is a daughter of the late sister of the appellant’s wife. She regarded the appellant as her “father”. The appellant was aged 46 years old at the... More

ELENA GONYE AND JOSEPH TASOSA AND LOISE CHAILES BELL AND MAMTA DESAI AND GAIL COLETTE CLINTON AND RUSSEL JOHN CLINTON AND GITA RANCHOD AND TAWANDA MAPHOSA AND MARIA ANSARI AND THEODORE TUMAZOS AND PERPETUA SANGAZA AND PRECIOUS CHIDAVAENZI AND ELAINE DA’QUINO AND SARAH ANNE COOK AND TRACEY JACOBS AND CRAIG MICHAEL ROBERTS AND TAKURA OBERT TSENZERE AND KEVIN PHILIP AND LINDA ANN COOK AND ANGELA ANDROUNAKOS AND RUBY MAGOSVONAWE AND SUSAN ROBINSON AND E. CHIGU AND S. YALIAS AND MATHEW SIBANDA AND DEEVIA CHOUHAN AND JUNE DIANE BARNES AND HEATHER C. SINGLETON AND VIVON NIGEL GABRIEL AND GREGORY ROBINSON AND BEVERLEY ARORA AND ERIC YORK AND CANDICE COLLIN AND TAFADZWA AGNES RANGARIRA AND ALISON HOLMAN AND LINDA GIBBONS AND PETER CONSTAN-TATOS AND JOANNA PRECIOUS AND TINOMUDWISHE CHINHENGO AND CHARLES ROSS BROWNLEE WALKER AND DESIREE A. CABLE AND HELENE T.I. TSELENTIS AND E.M. KOUPARIS AND A.N. KOUPARIS AND H.A. LYNDON THOMPSON AND ELIA JASMINE PLANT AND IAN GILMOUR AND ANDREW C. HILL AND FIONA ATKINSON VERSUS REDAN KEROSENE (PVT) LIMITED AND MARK CAMPBELL HOUNSELL AND CITY OF HARARE AND CITY OF HARARE DEPARTMENT OF WORKS (CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) AND TOWN PLANNER MUDZENGERERE (2023-09-07)
The crux of the applicants’ case is that they are aggrieved by construction work commenced by the first respondent in their residential area. They aver that the first respondent has begun ground work for the construction of a fuel station and a fast food outlet at Stand Number 5273 Churchill Avenue, Harare (hereinafter called “the property”). Additionally, the applicants contend that a commercial outlet in this residential area would result in the disruption of the peaceful life they enjoy in their neighborhood. In particular, the complaint is that the operation of a fuel station in the area would expose residents... More

At the onset of oral argument in this Court respondent raised 2 points in limine which applicant opposed. 1. That the application is in improper form 2.That the application is fatally defective for failure to comply with prescribed time limits More