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Mutare High Court
Christopher Bakasa & 28 Ors v Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlements
HMT 1/19
Case Details
Court
Mutare High Court
Date
17 January 2019
Citation
HMT 1/19
Neutral Citation
[2019] ZWHMT 1
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application
Bench
Presiding
Muzenda J
Full Bench
Muzenda J
Areas of Law
Administrative LawLand Law
Keywords
illegal settlersevictionurgencycourt order
Tags
land reformillegal settlersevictionurgent application
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ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the application qualifies as urgent given the 5-day delay in filing","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Eviction notices served 4 Jan, application filed 10 Jan, 5-day unexplained delay"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Twenty-nine applicants, illegal settlers at Yorkshire 7C Farm since 2003, sought an urgent interdict to prevent their eviction without a court order. They brought the application on 10 January 2019 after receiving eviction notices on 4 January 2019.
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