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The applicant is a company duly incorporated in terms of the Companies and Other Businesses Act [Chapter 24:31]. The first respondent is an administrative authority responsible for the collection of taxes and is established in terms of the Revenue Authority Act [Chapter 23:11] (“the Revenue Authority Act”). The applicant was placed under corporate rescue in terms of the Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:07] and as a consequence, its affairs fall entirely under the administration of a Corporate Rescue Practitioner (CRP). More

This application for summary judgment, which on the face of it, is based on an instalment sale agreement between the applicant and first respondent over property house stand number, 978 Wattle Close, West View, Kadoma, also known as number 978, of 960 Gatooma Township, Gatooma. More

The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming a total of USD32 861.00 (Thirty – two Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty – One United States Dollars), being an amount arising from personal loans advanced to the defendant in August 2017 and June 2019, plus interest at the prescribed rate from the due date of payment to the date of final payment. The plaintiff seeks an order compelling the defendant to settle the loan obligation in United States dollars (USD), arguing that the loan was a foreign obligation not affected by the provisions of Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019 (“SI 33/19”)... More

These are two appeals which, by agreement of the parties at the pre-trial hearing [PTH], would be determined together because of the similarities of the issues. No facts were in dispute. Therefore, viva voce evidence was dispensed with. The parties filed a very concise statement of agreed facts. More

[1]This is an application for review. The applicant raises the following three grounds : ‘1.The absence of jurisdiction on the part of the arbitrator or adjudicating authority concerned. 2.Gross irregularities in the disciplinary proceedings that led to applicant’s dismissal. 3.Interest in the cause , bias , malice or corruption on the part of the arbitrator or adjudicating authority concerned.’ Review proceedings are provided for in the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 ( the Act) as follows: More

This is an urgent chamber application brought forth to stop execution of an order of this court under Judgment number HB 191-24. The said order extended time lines within which the parties had to undergo arbitration proceedings that had been authorized by a previous consent order. More

The parties in this application are as follows: The first applicant is Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, a statutory corporate body established in terms of the Parks and Wildlife Management Act [ Chapter 20:14]. The second applicant is the minister of Environment; Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Management. The second applicant is assigned by the President the administration of the Parks and Wild Life Management Act. The first respondent is Suscaden Investments (Pvt) Ltd a duly registered Zimbabwe company. The second respondent is Big Five Safaris (Pvt) Ltd and like the first respondent is a duly registered Zimbabwe company. The... More