COURT WATCH 10/2021
[9th June 2021]
The Last of the Glenview 29 Finally Acquitted – Ten Years Later
Court Watch
COURT WATCH 9/2021
[29th May 2021]
When is a Chief Justice not a Chief Justice?
A fortnight ago the High Court ruled that Chief Justice Malaba ceased to be Chief Justice when he turned 70 on the 15th May. The court ruled that the recent amendment to section 186 of the Constitution, which would allow certain judges to serve until the age of 75, did not apply to Mr Malaba. The court’s order was as follows:
“It is declared that:
COURT WATCH 8/2021
[17th May 2021]
High Court Decides Chief Justice Malaba Has Retired
After a hearing on the 14th May that went on into the early hours of the next morning, the High Court delivered a judgment on the 15th May declaring that Chief Justice Malaba had retired from the Bench on reaching his 70th birthday that day – in other words, that he was no longer Chief Justice of Zimbabwe or even a judge.
COURT WATCH 7/2021
[4th March 2021]
Practice Direction 5 of 2021 of 1st March:
Operational Directions for the Courts During the Relaxed National Lockdown Period
COURT WATCH 6/2021
[22nd February 2021]
Practice Direction 4 of 2021: Operational Directions for the Courts
During the Extended Level IV National Lockdown
COURT WATCH 5/2021
[6th February 2021]
High Court Orders Govt to Disseminate Comprehensive Information on Covid-19
COURT WATCH 4/2021
[4th February 2021]
Practice Direction 3 of 2021: Court Proceedings
During Extended COVID-19 Level IV Lockdown
COURT WATCH 3/2021
[15th January 2021]
Is it a Crime to Publish False Statement Undermining Public Confidence in a State Agency?
COURT WATCH 2/2021
[6th January 2021]
Opening of the 2021 Legal Year
No Traditional Ceremony
JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
PRESS STATEMENT
COURT WATCH 1/2021
[5th January 2021]
Practice Direction 1 of 2021 : Court Proceedings During COVID-19 Lock-down
COURT WATCH 14/2020
[26th September 2020]
Public Interviews of Candidates for Appointment as
Judges of the Constitutional Court:
Monday 28th September at Meikles Hotel
The public interviews of the following candidates for appointment will take place on Monday 28th September in the Stewart Room at Meikles Hotel, Harare.
COURT WATCH 13/2020
[4th September 2020]
Postponement to Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September:
Public Interviews of Candidates for Appointment as
Judges of Constitutional Court
COURT WATCH 11/2020
[8th August 2020]
Public Interviews for Five Constitutional Court Judges
Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th September
COURT WATCH 10/2020
[15th June 2020]
Separation of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court
Reminder: Deadline for Nominations for Five Vacancies for Constitutional Court Judges is 30th June
Introduction
COURT WATCH 9/2020
[5th June 2020]
Five Vacancies on Constitutional Court:
JSC Invites Public to Nominate Candidates to Fill Them
Five vacancies have existed on the Constitutional Court since 22nd May.
COURT WATCH 8/2020
[2nd June 2020]
High Court (Commercial Division) Rules, 2020 Gazetted and In Force
COURT WATCH 7/2020
[26th May 2020]
High Court Protects Value of US Dollar Deposits
In an important judgment delivered on the 14th May, High Court Judge Happias Zhou declared that a directive issued by the Reserve Bank under the Exchange Control Act was unconstitutional because, by converting existing bank deposits from US dollars to RTGS dollars at a rate of one US dollar to one RTGS dollar, it effectively devalued the deposits.
COURT WATCH 6/2020
[8th May 2020]
COVID-19: High Court Orders ZBC and Government Ministers to Improve
Dissemination of Information to the Deaf and the Blind
Provisional Order Against Ministers About to become Permanent?
COURT WATCH 5/2020
[4th May 2020]
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 3 of 2020
Operational Directions for the Courts During Following Periods:
(1) 4th to 10th May and (2) 11th May until End of Level 2 Lockdown
COURT WATCH 4/2020
[22nd April 2020]
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 2 of 2020 on
Court Operations during the Extension of the National Shutdown