High Court upholds ruling that consultancy addendum was forged, rejects US$281,730 commission claim
The High Court has upheld an arbitral award declaring that a disputed consultancy agreement addendum allegedly signed by a former employee of Blackwood Hodge Zimbabwe was forged, leaving a local consultancy firm without a US$281,730 commission claim. Justice Lucy Mungwari, sitting at the Harare High Court, dismissed an application by TGMA Enterprises (Private) Limited seeking to overturn the December 2025 arbitration award, which rejected its claim for a 10 percent commission after it facilitated the processing of blocked funds worth US$3.4 million. The arbitrator, Regis Chawatama, had also ordered TGMA to refund US$110,000 paid under a separate 2024 consultancy agreement after finding that it had not rendered the agreed services. In challenging the award, TGMA argued that Chawatama wrong…