This is an application for quantification of damages due to the applicant employees following the dismissal of the appeal by the employer at the Supreme Court. The background to the matter can be summarised as such. The employees lost their jobs with the employer on notice. They queried the termination of their services as they were of the view that the termination was not in sync with the provisions of section 12(4) of the labour Act as amended. They successfully challenged the termination both before the labour officer and before the labour court. The employer took the matter to the... More
The Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 21 February 2008 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. The marriage was blessed with two minor children born in 2007 and 2012 respectively. On 3 June 2022 Plaintiff issued out summons for a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. Plaintiff alleged that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and there are no prospects of restoring a normal marriage relationship. She also submitted that during the subsistence of the marriage, the parties acquired movable and immovable property. She proposed how the property should be shared.... More
[1] The germ seed of the dispute before me is foreign currency, an indispensable enabler of local and in particular, international trade and commerce.
[2] This resource is also regulated, and quite stringently too, by a compendium of instruments. These range from primary and subsidiary legislation, a raft of directives, measures and circulars, to periodic policy statements by treasury and the central bank. This background forms part of the wider discretionary considerations relevant to the resolution of the present dispute. More
This is a review of the disciplinary proceedings which resulted in applicant being found guilty of misconduct and being penalised with dismissal from work. The applicant had placed before the court 5 review grounds but in his oral address withdrew grounds 2, 3 and 4 thus leaving for determination only grounds 1 and 5. Ground 1 relates to improper composition of the disciplinary body. Ground 5 relates to failure by the disciplinary body to give applicant a chance to mitigate. Applicant prays that on the success of these 2 grounds his guilty verdict and dismissal penalty be upset and substituted... More
On 3 November 2021, the plaintiff instituted summons proceedings against the defendant claiming damages in the sum of US$36 660.00, arising from a breach of contract signed by the parties. The plaintiff also claims interest at the prescribed rate calculated from the date of service of summons to date of full payment, plus costs of suit. More
Appellant (employee) appealed to this Court against her dismissal from employment
by Respondent (employer). The appeal was made in terms of section 54 of the Judicial Service
Regulations S.I. 30/15. The employer opposed the appeal. More
In this divorce trial, the main issue centres on whether plaintiff is entitled to a 50% share of immovable property known as 316 Ard Na Lee Close, Glen Lorne, in Harare. The claim is against the back drop of nearly four years of marriage to the plaintiff. The parties married in November 2017 and the separated in September 2021. More
