Chamunorwa Chigora and Zvinamakona Chengeta and Alice Mandaza versus Freda Rebecca Gold Mine Holdings t/a Freda Rebecca Mine

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Does the High Court have jurisdiction to register arbitration awards under US$10,000?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"SI 163/2012 limits Magistrates Court jurisdiction to US$10,000"}
• {"issue_text":"Is misidentification of respondent entity (with/without \"HOLDINGS\") fatal to the application?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Award made against \"FREDA REBECCA GOLD MINE\" vs current citation \"FREDA REBECCA GOLD MINE HOLDINGS\""}
• {"issue_text":"Is \"FREDA GOLD MINE\" a proper legal entity for proceedings?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Respondent argued FREDA GOLD MINE is a place, not a legal entity"}
• {"issue_text":"Was it improper for a different arbitrator to continue proceedings after the initial arbitrator failed to complete?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Initial arbitrator Dangarembizi did not complete, Manhire continued"}
• {"issue_text":"Do partial awards violate public policy and should have been one composite award?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Arbitrator issued awards in installments rather than one combined award"}
• {"issue_text":"Do Articles 23, 25, 32 of Arbitration Act apply to quantification proceedings?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"These articles govern statement of claim timing, not quantification"}

Background