LAWYERS NOW SHOPPING FOR HIGH COURT JUDGES

Lawyers and litigants are now shopping for a High Court
station, sometimes preferring to go halfway across Zimbabwe from anyone
connected with the case hoping for a favourable judgment.

Every judge of the High Court has “full original criminal
and …

Lawyers and litigants are now shopping for a High Court station, sometimes preferring to go halfway across Zimbabwe from anyone connected with the case hoping for a favourable judgment. Every judge of the High Court has “full original criminal and civil jurisdiction over all persons and matters throughout the country”, according to the High Court Act, so in theory a High Court judge in Mutare