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Harare High Court
Ashanti Goldfields Zimbabwe Limited t/a Freda Rebecca Mine v Ephraim Pfidze
HH 347-2012
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
19 September 2012
Citation
HH 347-2012
Neutral Citation
[2012] ZWHH 347
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
MATHONSI J
Full Bench
MATHONSI J
Areas of Law
Property LawCivil Procedure
Keywords
evictionsummary judgmentlease agreementsale agreementhousing schemerent to buy
Tags
evictionsummary judgmentlease agreementsale agreementhousing scheme
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Contempt of Court Act 1981
- Criminal Procedure Rules 2020
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Criminal Justice Act 2003
- Human Rights Act 1998
- European Convention on Human Rights
- Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
- Supreme Court Act 1981
- Constitutional Reform Act 2005
- Courts Act 2003
- Criminal Appeal Act 1968
- Criminal Appeal Act 1995
- Access to Justice Act 1999
- Legal Services Act 2007
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
- Coroners and Justice Act 2009
- Crime and Courts Act 2013
- Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
- Courts and Crime Act 2013
- Prisons and Courts Bill 2017
- Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016
- Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008
- Court of Session Act 1988
- High Court of Justiciary Act 1672
- Supreme Courts (Scotland) Act 1825
- Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907
- Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003
- Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010
- Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016
- Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
- Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008
- Court of Session Act 1988
- High Court of Justiciary Act 1672
- Supreme Courts (Scotland) Act 1825
- Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907
- Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003
- Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010
- Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the respondent has a bona fide defence to the eviction claim warranting trial","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The nature of the lease agreement, the purpose of monthly deductions, the respondent's claim of having purchased the house"}
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background
Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, a mining company, sought to evict the respondent from a house allocated to him during employment. The respondent claimed he had purchased the house under a company scheme for selling houses to sitting tenants, with lease deductions being purchase price installments, while the applicant argued it was merely a lease that expired without the purchase option being exercised.
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