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The plaintiffs are a married couple, so too are the defendants. The two sets of couples are locked in a dispute over the financial implications of the demise of their short-lived business partnership. The business partnership which came into existence sometime in July 2020 went into a tailspin barely three months into its life before collapsing entirely. As between them the parties had two business concerns comprising a hardware store and a baby supplies shop.
The causes of the demise of the partnership are yet contested, suffice it to say that in the immediate aftermath thereof, the plaintiff’s instituted the... More
The applicant approached this Honourable court on an urgent basis seeking the following relief; it is ordered that,
i) First respondents bar and restaurant operating at number 71 Central Avenue, Harare be and is hereby declared an unlawful nuisance infringing on applicant’s rights.
ii) that the first respondents license to operate a bar and restaurant operating at number 71 central avenue issued without following due process be and is hereby declared null and void.
iii) That the second and third respondent be and are hereby directed to revoke the issued license upon the issuance of this order, and lastly.
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The employee brought a claim for unlawful termination of employment, unfair treatment upon transfer, victimization, non-payment of termination and underpayments. His claims for unfair treatment upon transfer, victimization, non-payment of overtime, non-payment of terminal benefits and underpayment of wages were dismissed as being without merit. His claim succeeded in relation to unlawful termination. The employee has not cross appealed against the decision of the designated agent. The employer (the appellant) was not happy with the outcome and appealed to this Court. More
The applicant was charged of acts of misconduct at the workplace. The procedure for the hearing was that there would be a hearing committee and a prosecutor/presenter of the case. At the hearing the prosecutor (who is late) entered into a plea bargain with the applicant’s counsel. Unfortunately the plea bargain was not disclosed to the hearing committee as such. The applicant was heard and he apparently pleaded guilty and was convicted. However the penalty did not follow the plea bargain. The Applicant appealed to the Appeals Committee but did not raise the review issues. It is noted that Codes... More
This judgment is in respect of two applications which were heard together. The two applications are between the same parties. Case number HCH 6178/23 is an application for condonation of late filing of an application for rescission of a default judgment that was granted against the applicants in case number HC 280/18. The second application, HCH 6602/23, is the application for rescission of judgment to which the condonation being sought in HCH 6178/23 relates. The two applications were filed on different dates. The condonation application was filed first. The parties are the same in both cases. Also, the facts relied... More
Plaintiff approached the court seeking to have an agreement of sale dated 11 March 2011 concerning house number C44 Chegutu be declared void and of no force. She also sought to be declared the lawful holder of title and rights to the same property. In addition, she sought consequential relief of the eviction of second defendant and all those claiming occupation through him from the property. More
In this civil trial the plaintiff led evidenced from one witness and closed his case. The 1st 2nd and 3rd defendants have applied for absolution from the instance at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff resists the applications. More
