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 11/2020

[8th August 2020]

Public Interviews for Five Constitutional Court Judges

Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th September

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 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 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 3/2020

[30th March 2020]

Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 1 of 2020 on

Court Operations during the 21-day National Shutdown

The Chief Justice yesterday issued the following self-explanatory Practice Direction effective from today, Monday 30th March 2020 and until Sunday 19th April, unless earlier extended.

PRACTICE DIRECTION 1 OF 2020

COURT WATCH 1/2020

[14 January 2020]

Theme for the 2020 Legal Year:

“Transparency and Accountability”

Introduction

COURT WATCH 9/2019

[31st July 2019]

The Right to Bail

Introduction

COURT WATCH 7/2019

[22nd May 2019]

Public Prosecutors

COURT WATCH 5/2019

[20th March 2019]

The New Standard Scale of Fines: In force since 20th February 2019

Section 27 of the Finance Act, 2019 (No. 1 of 2019) [link] introduced a new Standard Scale of Fines with effect from 20th February 2019, the date on which the Act was published in the Government Gazette and became law.  The new standard scale is reflected in columns 1 and 2 of the table below.