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[1] This is a court application for a declaratur. The applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms: i. A declaratur be and is hereby granted that the property known as Lot 5 Sunninghill of Willlsgrove measuring 8, 6321 hectares held under deeds of transfer 332/2021 and 2770/1985 is registered and owned by the Estate Late Simon Kubvoruno Nhema. More

The respondent in casu argued that the application is improperly before the Court because there is no resolution filed by the applicant authorizing the deponent to the founding affidavit to file the affidavit on behalf of the applicant company. More

The applicant approached this court seeking a vindicatory order to recover possession and control of property called the Remainder of Umzari situate in the District of Lomagundi under Deed of Transfer 169/69 (hereinafter referred to as “the property”), alternatively applicant seeks for damages in the sum of US$6 900 000 (Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The applicant is the registered owner of the property which is 250.0353 hectares in extent and is claiming to vindicate the property. The respondent is a local authority currently in possession of the property which it subdivided into residential stands and sold... More

The appellant seeks the setting aside and substitution with a dismissal of the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) handed down on 13 July 2020. The court a quo set aside the discharge order of the respondents from the army and reinstated them without loss of salary or benefits. More

This an application for condonation for late noting of appeal and review of the decision leading to the appellant’s loss of her job with the respondent employer following disciplinary proceedings where she was accused of having engaged in conduct which was inconsistent with the dictates of her employment More

The applicant, Reason Masomera, seeks a review of the Master of the High Court’s decision in which he removed him as the executor of the estate of the late Rosemary Mashata. This is said to have been done un-procedurally and without consultation. There are certain common cause facts. The late Rosemary Mashata died on 22 July 2009. Reason Masomera and Eliot Masomera, who are the applicant and the first respondent respectively, were her natural sons. Reason Masomera was appointed by the Master in 2010 as the executor of his late mother’s estate. The Master is the second Respondent in this... More

The Respondent is a registered legal practitioner who at the material time practised law under the style Gunje & Chasakara Law firm. The Applicant filed the present application seeking the deregistration of the Respondent as a Legal Practitioner, Notary Public and Conveyancer and that the Respondent pay the Applicant’s expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings. It is alleged that the Respondent is guilty of unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy conduct in terms of Section 23(2)(b) of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27:07] and has contravened Section 23(1)(c) of the Legal Practitioners Act as read with By Laws 70E and 70F(2)... More