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Contempt of Court re: Defiance of Court Orders

HH35-12 : DEBRAH GLORIA KOUMIDES vs PAUL KOUMIDES
Ruled By: GUVAVA J

The applicant states in her founding affidavit that her claim arises from the admissions which were made by the respondent in a pre-trial conference minute dated.,. The respondent opposed the application.,. He submitted that the order made by the court did not deal with the division of money which was held in accounts outside Zimbabwe., Contempt ...
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HH186-12 : CHRISTOPHER CHIWALO vs DOMINIC MUSEKIWA
Ruled By: CHIWESHE JP

The question to be asked is whether the respondent is in wilful defiance of this order...,. The term "wilful" denotes disregard of the order given without lawful or other justification. The respondent must have set out to defy the order regardless of the consequences.
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HB01-12 : NKULULEKO MABHENA vs P.G. INDUSTRIES (ZIM) LIMITED AND P.G. ZIMBOARD PRODUCTS (PVT) LTD AND ANOTHER
Ruled By: KAMOCHA J

In..., the Supreme Court upheld the decision of this court declaring the termination of the applicant's contract of employment null and void and reinstating him without loss of salary and benefits.,. He was allegedly reinstated to the position of Customer Services Manager.,. But the applicant's position before the purported dismissal was that of Marketing Director. ...
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SC04-12 : SHAUN EVANS and PAUL FRIENDSHIP vs YAKUB SURTEE and COLLIN MACMILLAN and RODNEY FINNIGAN and ACROSS ENTERPRISES PL
Ruled By: ZIYAMBI JA, GARWE JA and CHEDA AJA

On 19 May 2009, the High Court (BHUNU J) granted an order in favour of the first respondent in the following terms:“1. The defendants, jointly and severally, the one paying the others to be absolved, deliver to the plaintiff 47,500 litres of fuel within forty-eight (48) hours of service of ...
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HH02-10 : JOHN RODGER & OTHERS vs FRIK MULLER & OTHERS
Ruled By: PATEL J

The first and second applicants are directors of the third applicant, which operates safari activities in the Zambezi Valley Area.The first and second respondents are directors of the third respondent, which is also a safari operator.The fourth respondent is the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (the Authority) responsible for ...
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HH44-10 : JOHN STRONG (PVT) LTD and TOBS STRONG (PVT) LTD vs WILLIAM WACHENUKA
Ruled By: CHATUKUTA J

This is an application for contempt of court.The background to this application is that the applicants were the owners of Disi Farm (the farm). The farm has since been acquired by the State. The respondent was issued with an offer letter for subdivision 7 (Plot 7) of the farm by ...
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HH94-09 : MATANDA (PRIVATE) LIMITED vs ONIAS GOTORE
Ruled By: MAKONI J

On 3 October 2007, this court granted a provisional order in favour of the applicant. The litigants were not present but were represented by counsel.On 23 November 2007, the applicant instituted the present proceedings for contempt of court.The applicant avers that the respondent has defied the provisional order. He was ...
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HH98-09 : KENNETH TOGARA vs THE STATE
Ruled By: KARWI J and UCHENA J

The Accused appeared before a Magistrate in a maintenance court at Harare...,. During the court sitting, the Accused committed acts of contempt of court. He was convicted thereof and sentenced to undergo forty-five days of imprisonment. In terms of section 71(2) of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10], the Magistrate referred the matter to this court ...