City of Harare v Albert Marozva and Commissioner General of Police and Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has shown good and sufficient cause for condonation of the late noting of appeal.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Delay in filing appeal, reason for delay, legal practitioner error"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the explanation for the delay is reasonable.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Legal practitioner filed defective grounds believing them valid"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the appeal has reasonable prospects of success.","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Jurisdictional error, unproven damages, admission of guilt"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the draft notice of appeal is properly signed and the deponent properly authorised.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Deponent’s authority, signature on notice"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the Magistrates Court erred in awarding damages in US dollars after SI 33 of 2019.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Currency conversion rules, timing of claim"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the damages awarded were excessive and unsupported by evidence.","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Quotation without receipt, no medical affidavit, no calculation for loss of income"}

Background