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Civil procedure [2024] ZWBHC 87

Magunda v Vundla (87 of 2024)

Magunda v Vundla (87 of 2024) [2024] ZWBHC 87 (26 June 2024)

The High Court granted summary judgment for a loan debt, finding the respondent’s allegations of duress and payment unsupported and not a bona fide defence.

  • Summary judgment
  • Loan agreement
  • Acknowledgment of debt
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Summary-judgment
  • Acknowledgment-of-debt
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWBHC 31

Nyeve and Another v Sibanda and 2 Others (31 of 2024)

Nyeve and Another v Sibanda and 2 Others (31 of 2024) [2024] ZWBHC 31 (7 March 2024)

The High Court struck an opposed declaratory application off the roll after finding it was deemed abandoned for non-compliance with Rule 15(8) and (9).

  • Declaratory relief
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Striking out applications
  • Civil-procedure
  • Declaratory-relief
  • Court-rules-compliance
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Civil procedure [2023] ZWBHC 3

Songore v Nene and 2 Others (239 of 2023)

Songore v Nene and 2 Others (239 of 2023) [2023] ZWBHC 3 (17 November 2023)

The High Court struck off an urgent stay-of-execution application because the underlying rescission application had not been properly filed under the court rules.

  • Stay of execution
  • Default judgment
  • Rescission of judgment
  • Urgency
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Stay-of-execution
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Civil procedure [2023] ZWHHC 557

Chatpril Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd v MSI Poonja Properties (Pvt) Ltd (561 of 2023)

Chatpril Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd v MSI Poonja Properties (Pvt) Ltd (561 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 557 (26 October 2023)

The High Court struck out a landlord-tenant appeal after finding the notice of appeal failed to state grounds concisely and precisely as required by the rules.

  • Notice of appeal
  • Grounds of appeal
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Notice-of-appeal
  • Grounds-of-appeal
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Insolvency [2023] ZWHHC 452

Communication and Allied Service Workers Union of Zimbabwe v Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and 2 Others (565 of 2023)

Communication and Allied Service Workers Union of Zimbabwe v Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and 2 Others (565 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 452 (18 October 2023)

The High Court dismissed a union’s corporate rescue application against Telecel for late set-down, lack of proved locus standi, and failure to notify all affected persons.

  • Corporate rescue
  • Locus standi
  • Notification of creditors
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Corporate-rescue
  • Locus-standi
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Civil procedure [2023] ZWHHC 416

Mudzuri and 6 Others v Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai) and 3 Others (431 of 2023)

Mudzuri and 6 Others v Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai) and 3 Others (431 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 416 (14 July 2023)

The High Court struck off a review application challenging party suspensions because the papers did not state the relief sought on their face, as required by the rules.

  • Review of internal party decisions
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Locus standi
  • Condonation for non-compliance
  • Civil-procedure
  • Judicial-review
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Civil procedure [2023] ZWHHC 149

Mapuranga and Another v Carson and Carson Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd and 2 Others (149 of 2023)

Mapuranga and Another v Carson and Carson Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd and 2 Others (149 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 149 (23 February 2023)

The High Court Commercial Division upheld a preliminary objection because an exception was filed without the required bundle under the Commercial Court Rules.

  • Exception procedure
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Interlocutory applications
  • Exception-procedure
  • Court-rules-compliance
  • Interlocutory-applications
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Civil procedure [2022] ZWHHC 246

Katsimberis v Rwodzi N.O and Another (246 of 2022)

Katsimberis v Rwodzi N.O and Another (246 of 2022) [2022] ZWHHC 246 (13 April 2022)

The High Court struck off a review application for failing to state the exact relief prayed for on the face of the notice of motion, as required by Rule 257.

  • Review applications
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Notice of motion requirements
  • Condonation
  • Review-applications
  • Court-rule-compliance
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Education law [2021] ZWMTHC 9

Knife v Riverside College And Another (9 of 2021)

Knife v Riverside College And Another (9 of 2021) [2021] ZWMTHC 9 (25 March 2021)

The High Court struck off an urgent chamber application challenging a school exclusion, finding the matter was not urgent and the filing was procedurally defective.

  • Urgency in applications
  • Exclusion vs expulsion in schools
  • Procedural impropriety
  • Compliance with court rules
  • Urgency-in-applications
  • School-exclusion
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Civil procedure [2020] ZWHHC 10

Mutize v FMC Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd & 5 Ors; Nyahasha v Mutize (HC 10930 of 2018; HC 505 of 2019; HH 10 of 2020)

Mutize v FMC Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd & 5 Ors; Nyahasha v Mutize (HC 10930 of 2018; HC 505 of 2019; HH 10 of 2020) [2020] ZWHHC 10 (8 January 2020)

The court dismissed an application to set aside a sheriff’s sale in execution for procedural defects and lack of locus standi, and granted eviction to the registered owner.

  • Setting aside sale in execution
  • Eviction
  • Rei vindicatio
  • Locus standi
  • Condonation
  • Compliance with court rules
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