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Applicant settled an invoice for the first term 2024 tuition fees for his minor child at Goldridge Primary School in full at the prevailing Reserve Bank inter Bank rate on the date of payment. The 1st to 4th respondents have opposed the application on the basis that the application is fatally defective and further that tuition fees for the minor child have not been settled in full based on an alleged contract entered into between 1st and 2nd respondents and as such, application must fail. More

The application was brought before this court based on the following grounds: “That the ruling made by the first Respondent is grossly unreasonable and is as outrageous as it defies all logic that no reasonable magistrates’ court applying its mind to the case would have arrived at such a decision. That the first Respondent is un-procedurally (sic) and in a grossly irregular manner seeking to facilitate the second Respondent to bolster its otherwise very weak case through the defence’s evidence. The first Respondent did not show in her ruling that she actually exercised caution in treating evidence of the complainant... More

The history of this matter is long winding and confusing. Astonishingly, what comes out with clarity is the trading of insults between the two legal practitioners. Costs de bonis propies have been sought by both lawyers. More

KABASA J: The applicant is the wife to Jeffrey Moses Runzirwayi who died on 16 January 2021. The applicant was appointed executrix to the estate and it is in that capacity that she brought this application seeking the eviction of the 1st respondent and all those claiming title through him from Lot 56 A Umsungwe Gweru. More

The Applicant entered into an agreement of sale for its property called 672 Scanlen Drive Helensvale with the Respondent on the 16th of October 2018. The purchase price of this property was USD 800 000.00 which was to be paid in instalments. The parties agreed that the settlement for the purchase price had to be done by the 3th of August 2019. Respondent however failed to settle the amount by the stipulated timeline and she had only managed to pay the sum of US$ 489 000.00 owing a balance of USD311 000.00. Applicant proceeded to write a letter notifying the... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrates Court (Civil Court) sitting at Harare in case number HRE- CCG 1424/23 which was handed down on 30 January 2024. The judgment appealed against dismissed an application for rescission of judgment lodged by the now appellant with costs on the ordinary scale. More

MUSITHU J: This application for review was filed in terms of s 27 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. The applicant seeks the setting aside of the decision of the second respondent which directed the third respondent to advertise and conduct a sale in execution of the applicant’s cotton wool processing plant (the plant) and the subsequent sale in execution held on 29 December 2023. The applicant averred that the procedure leading to the sale of its plant was grossly irregular as it was done in contravention of the provisions of the Magistrates Court (Civil) Rules, 2018 (the rules). More