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Locus Standi re: Derivative Action, Acting for an Organisation Amidst Leadership Wrangles and the Proper Plaintiff Rule

HH198-10 : BIRCH WILLIAMS vs MARIA KATSANDE and DELITTE PRODUCTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED
Ruled By: MAWADZE J

Reference was made to the case of Madzivire Ors v Zvarirwadzwa Ors 2005 (2) ZLR 148 (H) in support of counsel for the respondents argument.My view is that this case is irrelevant to the point in issue as it dealt primarily with the right of individual ...
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Appealed
SC34-18 : MINISTER OF MINES and ZIMBABWE MINING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and MARANGE RESOURCES PL and ZIMBABWE CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND COMPANY vs GRANDWELL HOLDINGS PL and MBADA DIAMONDS and ANOR
Ruled By: PATEL JA, GUVAVA JA and UCHENA JA

This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court granting a spoliation order and other consequential relief in an application at the instance of a shareholder on behalf of a company….,. The appellants raised several preliminary points including that the first respondent (Grandwell Holdings (Private) Limited), as a shareholder of Mbada Diamonds (Private) Limited, ...
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HH193-16 : GRANDWELL HOLDINGS PL vs MINISTER OF MINES and ZIMBABWE MINING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and MARANGE RESOURCES PL and ZIMBABWE CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND COMPANY and MBADA DIAMONDS PL and ANOR
Ruled By: MAFUSIRE J

The third point in limine was whether the applicant had locus standi in judicio. The fourth was a variant of the third. It was whether the application was a derivative action as that expression is understood in company law….,. (iii) Whether the applicant had locus standi in judicio The respondents said it did not lie in the mouth of Grandwell ...
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HH564-15 : LAMECK KUFANDADA vs DAIRIBOARD ZIMBABWE LIMITED and JANAWAYS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and MICHAEL MUSAMIRAPAMWE
Ruled By: MTSHIYA J

In this application, the applicant prays for the following relief: “IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The application be and is hereby granted. 2. The purported termination of the Franchise Agreement be and is hereby declared null and void and is accordingly set aside. 3. First Respondent be and is hereby prohibited from offering the franchise to another person and shall forthwith ...
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HH223-13 : HWANGE COLLIERY CO. LTD and HWANGE COAL GASIFICATION CO. PL vs HWANGE COAL GASIFICATION CO. PL and TENDAI SAVANHU and KINGDOM BANK LTD and STANBIC BANK LTD and GUO FENG and ORS
Ruled By: MAFUSIRE J

At the hearing there was this remarkable situation that two sets of legal representatives purported to represent the same company.
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HH229-15 : IZAYI PARK HOUSING SCHEME (represented by ELINAS GUMBO) vs SHADRECK GWENA and OTHERS
Ruled By: TAGU J

The applicant seeks a spoliation order against all the 18 respondents on the following terms:“A. TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHTIt is ordered that:(1) The Respondents are interdicted from interfering with the Applicant's project and business in whatever manner.(2) The Respondents' behaviour and conduct is hereby declared wrongful and unlawful.(3) ...
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Appealed
SC56-20 : MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE and NELSON CHAMISA and MORGAN KOMICHI vs ELIAS MASHAVIRA and ELIAS MUDZURI and THOKOZANI KHUPE and DOUGLAS MWONZORA
Ruled By: GARWE JA, PATEL JA and GUVAVA JA

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court, sitting at Harare, handed down on 8 May 2019, in which the following order was granted:1. The appointment of the 2nd and 3rd respondents as Deputy Presidents of the Movement for Democratic Change party were unconstitutional therefore null ...
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HH04-10 : MYDALE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (PVT) LTD vs DR ROB KELLY and HAMMER AND TONGUES (PVT) LTD
Ruled By: GOWORA J

The first respondent herein had, under Case No. HC1049/09, instituted proceedings against the applicant and second respondent herein. On 30 March 2009, OMERJEE J issued an order as follows:“IT IS ORDERED THAT:1. Mydale International Marketing (Pvt) Ltd is entitled to receive from the second respondent and have in its custody ...
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HH19-11 : JAMESON RUSHWAYA and ANNIE RUSHWAYA vs PATTERSON TIMBA and SWIMMING POOL & UNDER WATER REPAIRS PL and TOLROSE INVESTMENTS PL and MESSENGER OF COURT, KADOMA
Ruled By: MAVANGIRA J

This is an urgent chamber application in which the applicants seek a Provisional Order in the following terms:“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHTThat you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:-1. That first, second, and fourth respondents and/or their agents ...
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HB189-18 : CLAUDIUS MANAMELA and BRIGHTON NANGA and SIBONGILE MANAMELA vs ROSEWELL ZULU and APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF AFRICA INTL and CLEMENT NYATHI and APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF AFRICA
Ruled By: MABHIKWA J

On 30 January 2018, the applicants caused to issue legal proceedings, an application, out of this Honourable Court –“In the High Court of Zimbabwe, held in Bulawayo. The applicant sought an order that it be declared that:(1) That the President of the Apostolic Faith Mission of Africa International is Reverend ...
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HH49-09 : DYNAMOS FOOTBALL CLUB (PRIVATE) LIMITED and DYNAMOS FOOTBALL CLUB vs RICHARD CHIMINYA and OTHERS
Ruled By: CHATUKUTA J

This is an opposed application in which the applicant sought the following relief, that:“1. The affairs of the Second Applicant shall be run by the Board of Directors of the First Applicant.2. The Ninth Respondent (the Premier Soccer League) shall forthwith recognize any person appointed by the First Applicant and ...
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HH424-13 : HONEY AND BLANCKENBERG vs LOURENCE ERASMUS VERMAAK and OTHERS
Ruled By: TSANGA J

The BackgroundThe applicant, Honey and Blanckenberg, instituted interpleader, in terms of Rule 30 of the High Court Rules, for the court to declare to whom it should pay an amount of $70,000 currently held in trust as rentals for certain companies.According to the applicant's affidavit, the companies in question are ...
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SC61-22 : BDO ZIMBABWE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS vs ROBIN VELA and THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE
Ruled By: BHUNU JA, MATHONSI JA and CHIWESHE JA

INTRODUCTIONThis judgment involves two consolidated appeals from the High Court (the court a quo) being case numbers SC258/20 and SC285/20. The court issued a consolidation order dated 29 March 2021 by consent of the parties. Both appeals are based on the same record of proceedings and issues in the court ...
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HH272-22 : SLASHWOOD MINING (PVT) LTD and ZENIT GROUP LIMITED vs ONTAGE RESOURCES (PVT) LTD
Ruled By: ZHOU J

This is an application for the revival of an order by consent that was granted in Case Number HC13123/12 and for costs of suit.The order in question was granted on 5 December 2012.The application is opposed by the respondent.The background facts to this application are as follows:On 5 December 2012, ...
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SC67-21 : COSSAM CHIANGWA and OTHERS vs APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION IN ZIMBABWE and OTHERS
Ruled By: MAVANGIRA JA, MAKONI JA and KUDYA AJA

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court, dated 4 September 2019, in which the court a quo granted a declaratur and consequential relief sought by the respondents against the appellants and dismissed the application for a declaratur sought by the appellants against the respondents.The order ...
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HH02-21 : ERNEST MHAMBARE vs ALFRED MWAZHA and OTHERS
Ruled By: MUREMBA J

Following a leadership dispute in the African Apostolic Church (VaApostora VeAfrica) which is the tenth respondent in this matter, the applicant approached this court, by way of a court application in case number HC2402/20 for a relief.He petitioned the court, in his capacity as an interested party, reverend, and church ...
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SC144-21 : FARAI MATSIKA and FAIRGOLD INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED vs MOSES CHINGWENA and 38 OTHERS
Ruled By: BHUNU JA

This is an opposed application for condonation of late noting of an appeal and extension of time within which to file a notice of appeal. The applicant brings the application in terms of Rule 43 of the Rules of Court 2018.THE PARTIESThe first applicant is a former employee of the ...
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HH28-16 : FARPIN INVESTMENTS [PVT] LTD vs NETONE CELLULAR [PVT] LTD and JUSTICE L.G. SMITH [RETD] - ARBITRATOR
Ruled By: MAFUSIRE J

This was an application for the setting aside of an arbitration award.The arbitrator, the second responded herein, was a retired Judge of this court.The basis of the application was that the arbitrator had misconstrued the factual basis of the applicant's claim before him. It was also said, that, the arbitrator's ...
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HH264-21 : MUSA KIKA vs MINISTER OF JUSTICE LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS and THE CHIEF JUSTICE HONOURABLE LUKE MALABA N.O. and OTHERS
Ruled By: ZHOU J, CHAREWA J and MUSHORE J

It is not in every case that the court would insist on a resolution to authorize or defend proceedings.Where a juristic entity has brought itself before the court, particularly where it is represented by a legal practitioner, it is up to the person alleging want of authority to produce evidence ...
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HH125-17 : GRANDWELL HOLDINGS vs ZIMBABWE CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND COMPANY LTD and COMMISSIONER GENERAL, ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE and MBADA DIAMONDS (PVT) LTD
Ruled By: TSANGA J

In March 2016, the applicant, Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell), which owns a 50% shareholding in Mbada Diamonds [Private] Limited (Mbada), a joint venture initiative for diamond mining in Chiadzwa, obtained an interim order under HC1977/16 (HH193-16).The other 50% shareholding in Mbada is owned by Marange Resources [Private] Limited (Marange), a Government-owned ...
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