Supreme Court of Zimbabwe - 2017 April

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April 2017
Liquidator correctly ranked the bank as concurrent creditor; court erred by rectifying bond and altering rights after concursus creditorium.
Companies law – concursus creditorium – liquidator’s ranking of creditors – review under s 222(3) Companies Act – limits of judicial review – rectification of mortgage bond – inter-creditor agreements – procedural propriety and disputes of fact
3 April 2017
Conviction for murder upheld; death sentence invalid because statute prescribing death conflicted with constitutional limits, matter remitted for re-sentencing.
Criminal law – Murder (dolus directus) – circumstantial evidence and sexual assault causing death; Constitutional law – s 48 Right to life and death penalty limited to murder in aggravating circumstances; Statutory conflict – s 337 CP&E Act inconsistent with Constitution; Sentencing – death sentence invalid; remittal for re-sentencing in terms of law.
3 April 2017