This is a purported appeal against the whole judgment of the Supreme Court (“the court a quo”) setting aside a decision of the High Court which had nullified an audit report authored by the second respondent at the instance of the first respondent. The High Court had found that the second respondent was an administrative authority for purposes of the Administrative Justice Act [Chapter 10:28] (“the Administrative Justice Act or simply the AJA”) and that the audit report it had produced was consequently reviewable. The Court further found that the report was not only biased but that the auditors who... More
1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) handed down on 04 September 2023. The court a quo dismissed an application by the appellant for the review of the decision by the respondent’s Commissioner General of 8 March 2023 declaring a consignment belonging to the appellant forfeited to the State. More
The applicant and the respondents have previously been involved in litigation over mining claims known as Cleveland II, Cleveland 13 and Cleveland. In case number HC 2565/22 the applicant who was the 1st respondent therein had judgment granted against him wherein he was divested of his claim to the mining claims. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe (‘court a quo’) dated 15 June 2023 in which it dismissed an application for a final interdict sought by the appellant against the respondents. The first respondent, which had an obvious interest in the matter, vigorously opposed the application while the second and the third respondents chose to abide by the decision of the court. More
The matter was placed before me as an application for condonation for late filing of an application for review against the Respondent’s Hearing Officer’s determination handed down on 16th October, 2018. The application is premised on Rule 22 as read with Rule 20 of the Labour Court Rules, Statutory Instrument of 2017. The application is opposed. More
: This judgement is rendered pursuant to an application for absolution from the instance made by the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case in terms of rule 56 (6) of the High Court rules, 2021 (the Rules). The plaintiff is the father and natural guardian of Rebecca Nezuru Conlon (hereafter referred to as Rebecca or the child). The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant for the payment of the sum of USD$ 6 370 000 (six million Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand United states dollars) being damages arising from injuries sustained by Rebbecca (a minor at the material... More
The plaintiffs claim herein is for provisional sentence in the sum of US$203, 000.00, together with interest on that amount at the agreed rate of 5% per month calculated from 1 May 2021 to the date of payment in full and costs of suit on the attorney and client scale. The parties appeared before the court in the unopposed motion court on 29 May 2024. The defendant had filed a notice of opposition to the claim prior to their appearance. More
