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This is an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrate sitting at Harare. The appellant was the plaintiff in the court a quo while respondent was the defendant. The issues before the trial court and indeed before us were narrowly defined. Plaintiff lent the defendant the sum of US$15 000 in February 2016. An acknowledgement of debt was signed to that effect. The acknowledgement of debt is contained at p 18 of the record. The defendant does not dispute signing the acknowledgement of debt. More

Applicant seeks a declaratory order in the following material terms; - 1. It is declared that the respondent does not own any shares neither is it a shareholder of applicant and has no right and or title to claim as regards the exercise of shareholder powers/rights within applicant. 2. Any act done or performed by the respondent whilst purporting to be a shareholder of the Applicant be and is hereby declared null and void. More

The applicant is a holder of a lease agreement with the fourth respondent in respect of Stand number 5098 Saturday Retreat, Harare (the property). The applicant has been paying rentals to the fourth respondent in terms of that agreement. The applicant claims that the first and second respondents, who are members of the third respondent invaded the property and built structures thereon. This was done without the permission of the applicant and the fourth respondent. The applicant has instituted eviction proceedings against the respondents which proceedings have been defended. The applicant believes that the respondents have no bonafide defence to... More

The applicant is the Messenger of the Magistrate Court at Karoi who approached the taxing officer requesting taxation of storage costs in respect of copper which was attached ad fundandum jurisdictionem under Case Number HC 10736/14. Pursuant to the order founding jurisdiction, respondent herein instituted proceedings for delictual damages under case number HC 805/15. The litigation was protracted. The parties eventually resolved their dispute and entered into a deed of settlement on 31` July 2023. The said deed was amended by an addendum dated 10 December 2023. The copper which was attached to found jurisdiction belonged to Tenke Fungurume Mining... More

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrate sitting at Harare Magistrates Court. The parties entered into what is termed a BOT agreement, which is a Build, Operate and Transfer agreement. Essentially the agreement is encapsulated in a document at p 46 of the record. More

The applicant brought a composite application in terms of r59 (1) as read with r27 and r29 (1) (a) of the High Court Rules, 2021 and alternatively common law seeking the following relief: Condonation for non- compliance with the Rules and extension of time within which to file a court application for rescission of default judgment, and Rescission of a default judgment granted by this Honourable Court under Case No. HC 2972/17. More

The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant seeking an order for specific performance or alternatively, the value of soya bean not delivered to it in terms of a growers contract. The plaintiff’s case can be summarised as follows. The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a written contract for the 2017/18 growing season beginning October 2017 to September 2018. In terms of the agreement, the plaintiff undertook to provide and make available to the defendant farming inputs and cash to enable him to grow soya beans. More