Zimbabwe: High Court Dismisses UK-Based Woman’s U.S.$50k Adultery Claim – Says It Has No Jurisdiction

The High Court has declined jurisdiction in a matter one Jill Chawapiwa Chikore was suing Hellen Maworera US$50 000 being damages for snatching her husband.

Chikore issued a summons at the High Court claiming that Maworera had been having an adulterous affair with her husband Jabulani Tawanda Chikore since July 2020.

She said she was married to Chikore on 21 August 1998 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17].

The couple has one child and the marriage…