Judith Tsamba and Olivia Chiguvare v Mr Reuben Mukavhi and Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities and The Messenger of Court Harare

HH 333-2012

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

24 August 2012

Citation

HH 333-2012

Neutral Citation

[2012] ZWHH 333

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Urgent Application

Bench

Presiding

ZHOU J

Full Bench

ZHOU J

Areas of Law

Property LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

evictionstay of executionmagistrates courtdefault judgmentwarrant of ejectment

Tags

evictionurgent applicationstay of execution

legislation

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Case Summary

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the court should grant a stay of execution of an extant magistrates court judgment","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Judgment delivered 20 March 2012; applicants waited five months; no challenge to judgment validity"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the urgency was self-created","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Application triggered by warrant of ejectment; five month delay"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicants sought to stay execution of a magistrates court eviction judgment granted on 20 March 2012. They had previously filed a review application but failed to interdict the magistrate from delivering judgment. The urgency was triggered five months later by service of a warrant of ejectment.

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