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This is a court application for the placement of the first respondent under corporate rescue proceedings in terms of s 121 as read with ss 124 and 131 of the Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:07]. The application is opposed by the first respondent. More

The appellant brings an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) handed down on 21 July 2021. The reasons for judgment were delivered on 28 September 2021 under judgment number HH 533-21. The order struck off the appellant’s application to be declared the lawful lessee and occupier of Duncombe Service Station (the service station) situate at Duncombe Farm, Mazowe District in Mashonaland Central Province. The appellant further sought the eviction of the first and second respondents from the premises together with all those claiming the right of occupation and use through them. More

This is an opposed application in which the applicant seeks the following order: “1. The notice of withdrawal filed by the respondent in matter number HC 1856/18 is an irregular step in litigation and is ipso facto set aside. 2. The notice of withdrawal filed by the respondent in matter number HC 1783/18 is an irregular step in litigation and is ipso facto set aside 3. The respondent shall pay costs of suit on an attorney and client scale”. More

This is a court application for a Declaratory Order and Consequential relief made in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7.06]. The application is for an order declaring that the amendments made by respondent on 18 November 2015 to Permit No. SD/381 issued by respondent on 7 April 1999 are null and void. The application also seeks that the amendments made by respondent to para 2 of the Subdivision Permit No. SD/381 regarding the status of the road on 18 November 2015 be and are hereby set aside. More

1. Applicant appeared before first respondent (“the trial magistrate”) facing a charge of incitement to commit public violence. 2. Applicant did three things-all in one breath. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, amplified this plea with a defence outline, and excepted to the charge. 3. The sum total of the complaints raised in the exception was that the charge disclosed no offence cognizable at law. 4. The exception was dismissed by the trial magistrate who ordered the matter to proceed, subject to an amendment to part of the charge. 5. The ruling prompted applicant to file the present application... More

This is an application for reinstatement of an application for condonation for late noting of an appeal which was deemed abandoned in terms of the Rules of this Court Statutory Instrument 150 of 2017 (S.I.150/17). It is opposed. More

This is an application for reinstatement of a matter onto the roll. It is opposed. More