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Civil procedure [2025] ZWHHC 284

Abdul and Another v Assetfin (Private) Limited (284 of 2025)

Abdul and Another v Assetfin (Private) Limited (284 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 284 (2 May 2025)

The High Court dismissed a caretaker’s rescission bid for lack of locus standi and struck off the owner’s application for defective pleading and failure to specify the rule basis.

  • Rescission of judgment
  • Joinder of parties
  • Eviction
  • Locus standi
  • Rescission-of-judgment
  • Joinder-of-parties
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Civil procedure [2025] ZWHHC 143

Arosume Property Development (Private) Limted v Mashonganyika and Another (143 of 2025)

Arosume Property Development (Private) Limted v Mashonganyika and Another (143 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 143 (7 March 2025)

The High Court struck off a joinder application, holding that the company’s board resolution was an invalid blanket authority and did not specifically authorize the litigation.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Authority to institute proceedings
  • Validity of board resolutions
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Company-law
  • Authority-to-litigate
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Civil procedure [2025] ZWHHC 20

MADYA and Another v HARARE SOUTH UNION COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Ltd and Others (20 of 2025)

MADYA and Another v HARARE SOUTH UNION COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Ltd and Others (20 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 20 (14 January 2025)

The High Court found an urgent stay application not urgent, holding the applicants had long known of the eviction process and delayed for years.

  • Urgency in applications
  • Stay of execution
  • Eviction
  • Joinder of parties
  • Res judicata
  • Urgency
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWSC 94

Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd v Sheriff of the High Court Gweru N.O and Another (94 of 2024)

Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd v Sheriff of the High Court Gweru N.O and Another (94 of 2024) [2024] ZWSC 94 (22 November 2024)

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal over a sheriff’s sale of iron ore fines, holding the appellant failed to prove ownership for actio rei vindicatio.

  • Actio rei vindicatio
  • Ownership
  • Sale in execution
  • Burden of proof
  • Joinder of parties
  • Actio-rei-vindicatio
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWHHC 360

MINING PROMOTION CORPORATION v FINER DIAMONDS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and OTHERS (360 of 2024)

MINING PROMOTION CORPORATION v FINER DIAMONDS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and OTHERS (360 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 360 (28 August 2024)

The High Court dismissed a rescission application over mining claims, holding that the applicant’s special grants had expired, making the matter moot and leaving no legal interest to protect.

  • Rescission of judgment
  • Joinder of parties
  • Mootness
  • Costs
  • Rescission-of-judgment
  • Legal-interest
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWHHC 356

MASANGO v MASSTOW INVESTIMENTS (PVT) LTD and OTHERS (356 of 2024)

MASANGO v MASSTOW INVESTIMENTS (PVT) LTD and OTHERS (356 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 356 (20 August 2024)

The High Court dismissed one rescission application for failure to show good and sufficient cause, but rescinded a consent order in a related property dispute.

  • Rescission of judgment
  • Joinder of parties
  • Default judgment
  • Fraud
  • Ownership disputes
  • Rescission-of-judgment
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWCHHC 68

Masamba v Hove and Others (68 of 2024)

Masamba v Hove and Others (68 of 2024) [2024] ZWCHHC 68 (19 August 2024)

The High Court dismissed a special plea of prescription, holding that the plaintiff’s claim arose only on discovery of a double sale in August 2023 and was timeous.

  • Prescription
  • Declaratory relief
  • Sale of immovable property
  • Joinder of parties
  • Declaratory-relief
  • Sale-of-immovable-property
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Administrative law [2024] ZWHHC 353

Mupandawana v Juwara and Others (353 of 2024)

Mupandawana v Juwara and Others (353 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 353 (19 August 2024)

The High Court dismissed a review application for improper citation, lack of locus standi, non-joinder of the deceased estates, and material disputes of fact.

  • Locus standi
  • Citation of parties
  • Joinder of parties
  • Administrative action
  • Estate administration
  • Locus-standi
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWHHC 341

Makwiranzou v Old Mutual Limited and 5 Others (341 of 2024)

Makwiranzou v Old Mutual Limited and 5 Others (341 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 341 (14 August 2024)

The High Court dismissed an opposed application over a unit trust investment, finding no proper cause of action against the cited respondents and no basis for the claimed USD payment.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Cause of action
  • Currency conversion
  • Trust law
  • Costs
  • Cause-of-action
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWHHC 295

Christian Aflame Ministries v Pentecostal Fellowship of Zibabwe and Another (295 of 2024)

Christian Aflame Ministries v Pentecostal Fellowship of Zibabwe and Another (295 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 295 (9 July 2024)

The High Court dismissed a joinder application, finding the City of Harare had no direct and substantial legal interest in the holding-over damages dispute.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Direct and substantial interest
  • Abuse of process
  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Direct-and-substantial-interest
  • Abuse-of-process
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