On 15 July 2021 this court under Case No. HC 369/20 delivered a judgment by consent obliging the plaintiff to vacate a piece of land identified as subdivision 3 of Cambria farm situate in Masvingo upon the expiration of 6 months’ notice commencing the date of the issuance of the consent order. In return, the defendant was required to compensate the plaintiff for the value of the improvements effected on that property which value was to be determined by Great Zimbabwe Realtors. The evaluation was done and the value of the improvements was given as $30 500. Of that amount... More
The applicant made a criminal complaint against one Kenneth Raydon Sharpe. The police opened a criminal docket under CR 246-11-18, DR 117- 11-18. When Sharpe was not prosecuted, Applicant instructed his lawyer to write to Respondent urging the Prosecutor General to prosecutor Sharpe. There was no response and the lawyer wrote again requesting a response.
On 19 August 2022, Respondent finally responded advising Applicant to comply with section 16(2) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] (The Code). Applicant complied with section 16(2) and insisted on being granted the Nolle prosecui certificate. More
This appeal is against the decision of the Concession Magistrates Court which was sitting as an appeal court against the decision of Chief Negomo. In the Chief’s Court the respondent herein had approached the court complaining that appellant was annexing portions of his land and allocating it to other people. The Chief found in the respondent’s favour concluding that he was within the confines of the land that had been allocated to his grandmother and which had passed on to the respondent when his own father died. Displeased with this verdict, the appellant had approached the magistrate court to hear... More
Applicant filed this application seeking a declaratur to the effect that:
1. The Deed of Settlement entered into between the applicant and respondent on 2 October 2018 and filed with the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe be and is hereby declared the only binding deed of settlement between the parties.
2. Consequently, the Deed of Settlement produced by the respondent dated 18 August 2020 be and is hereby declared not a valid document and is set aside.
3. Applicants’ debt arising from the judgment HH 689/16 and the proceedings under SC 273/17 was discharged by the payment of the sum of... More
Applicant filed an application for condonation of the failure to file an appeal timeously under case number LC/H/157/23. On 13 June 2022, after hearing the parties, the Court proceeded to render an Ex Tempore Judgment on the same date dismissing the application. The Applicant proceeded to file an application for leave to appeal under Case Number LC/H/531/23. This matter was set down for hearing on 27 September 2023. However, Applicant was not in attendance. The application was struck off the off the roll. It is pertinent to note that after the judgment of 13 June 2022, Applicant’s representative requested for... More
This is an appeal against part of a judgment of the High Court (‘court a quo’) handed
down on 13 December 2021 in HH 702/21, in which the court granted the respondent an
order to evict the appellant and all those claiming occupation through him from No. 60
Circular Drive, Burnside, Bulawayo. The court a quo, in the same judgment, dismissed
the appellant’s claim in reconvention seeking a declaratur that the purported
cancellation of the agreement was invalid, that payment of the purchase price to the
conveyancer be declared full performance of the appellant’s obligations under the
agreement and finally... More
