HARARE — The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe has set a stunning precedent in the high profile case pitting former NMB Bank CEO Julius Makoni and his wife Pauline, ruling that she could enforce a divorce judgment granted by a UK court and be entitled to properties in Zimbabwe.
The case also pitted Advocate Thabani Mpofu who represented Pauline Mutasa and Professor Welshman Ncube and Advocate Lewis Uriri who represented Julius Makoni.
The ruling overturned a 2023 decision made by the High Court that had said foreign court orders could not be enforced in Zimbabwe.
At the time Pauline wanted a divorce and financial settlement granted by the High Court of Justice (Family Division) in England in December 2014 to be enforced in Zimbabwe.
But Makoni, a former Anglican Bishop of Manicaland, said the UK ruling would entitle Pauline to the couple’s matrimonial home in Harare and render him “homeless” something local laws would not permit.
The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe has now made a unanimous ruling that “the English Court applied equitable principles similar to those applicable in Zimbabwe.”
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Source: Nehandaradio
