Onisimo Tafiraje (31) pleaded not guilty when his trial commenced before Harare magistrate Ms Josephine Sande. After a fully contested trial, Tafiraje was found guilty of the charge. On the day of the sentence, his lawyer did not show up and during mitigation, Tafiraje, who was now a se...
The Bulawayo-based Ncube Attorneys, whose correspondence law firm in Harare is Mbidzo, Muchadehama and Makoni, has reported Manikai of Dube, Manikai & Hwacha (DMH) Commercial Law Chambers to the LSZ - the professional body representing lawyers in the country - over a letter which it says ...
A lawyer in Chinhoyi has been arrested on allegations of stealing more than $100 000 from a client after being given an ATM card to settle legal fees. Burukai Muchadzireva (42) is still assisting police with investigations. The incident occurred between December 8 and 20 last year. National...
Lawyer off the hook THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has absolved Harare lawyer Kudzaishe Gama of wrongdoing for facilitating transfer of a property at the centre of a dispute with a client. LSZ recently instituted investigations on Gama following allegations that he had facilitated transfer of ...
A HARARE lawyer allegedly forged a colleague's signature and produced a joint pre-trial conference minute that was used to obtain a court judgment in a civil matter. Batanai Pesanai, a legal practitioner with IEG Musimbe Legal Practitioners, stands accused of forging the signature of prominent ...
A Harare lawyer yesterday appeared in court for allegedly misappropriating trust funds amounting to US$200 000. Ryan Baglow (35) of Matizanadzo and Warhurts Legal Practitioners allegedly used two names to hoodwink his clients, the court heard. ...
He was in February this year caged for four years by Harare magistrate Barbara Chimboza, who suspended part of his sentence on condition he reinstitutes the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) of US$25 228. He was convicted on charges of fraud after receiving US$28 910 board ...
Both Ngcukaitobi and Mpofu, who have acted in high-profile cases for opposition parties taking on the government in South Africa before, arrived in Harare for the case on Friday. They are expected to argue that the 30 July poll was rigged in a number of ways and that that it wasn't ...
RUBAYA and Chatambudza Law firm has written a letter of complaint to the Law Society of Zimbabwe against a Harare lawyer Liberty Mandiveyi, whom it is accusing of practicing under its name despite having left the institution two years ago. ...
A Harare lawyer, Fiona Machekeche, is accused of swindling her client of about $42 000. Machekeche (39) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Anold Maburo facing theft of trust property charges. She is on bail. The complainant is a director of Non-Ferrous Die Casting Mr Marvin Mbazima. ...