PROFILE

PREPARED BY: W NYABADZA LAW CHAMBERS

6TH FLOOR EAST WING

ZIMDEF HOUSE

102 FORT STREET

BTWN 8TH & 9TH AVENUES

BULAWAYO

TEL : (09) 61404/5

Cell. : 0771725704

Email: nyabadzawalter@yahoo.com

JESUS IS ARRESTED

“So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up. First they took him to Annas, Father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, ‘Better that one should die for all’.

Simon Peter followed along behind, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the courtyard with Jesus. Peter stood outside the gate. Then the other disciple spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in.

Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them. Jesus replied, ‘What I teach is widely known, because I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple. I have been heard by people everywhere, and I teach nothing in private that I have not said in public. Why are you asking me this question? Ask those who heard me. They know what I said’.

One of the Temple guards standing there struck Jesus on the face. ‘Is that the way to answer the high priest?’ he demanded.

Jesus replied, ‘If I said anything wrong, you must give evidence for it. Should you hit a man for telling the truth?’

Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.”1

1 John 18: 12-16, 19-24 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH ANNEXURE

1. Executive Summary 1

2. Core Values 2

3. Mission 3

4. Vision 4

5. Services 5

6. Fees 6

7. Operations 7

8. Principal’s Profile 8

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

W. Nyabadza Law Chambers is a young and dynamic law practice with an interest in Corporate and Intellectual Property Law. Established early 2015, the business takes the form of a sole proprietorship. However, there are plans to transform and expand the practice into a partnership with offices in Harare and Mutare. In the long term, we hope to have a presence in the region.

The practice takes its name from the founder Mr. Walter Nyabadza. Ironically, it is also dedicated to the founder’s grandfather Mr. Wilson Nyabadza from whom the practice also takes its name.

Located in Bulawayo, the practice has Zimbabwe’s second largest City as its residence. Dating as far back as 1893, “the City of kings” as it is affectionately known, has a very rich history and is the industrial hub of the country. The High Court, Magistrates Court and other offices of record and government are but a stone’s throw away from the practice’s main offices at ZIMDEF House.

The practice is committed to providing a quality and innovative service which is efficient, timeous and takes into account the best interest of each and every client.

2. CORE VALUES

Patriotism

Quality

Innovation

Integrity

Leadership

3. MISSION

To provide quality, innovative and efficient services to individual clients, corporate clients, government departments, non-governmental organizations and associations, rooted in integrity.

4. VISION

To become a leading law practice in the fields of Corporate law, Intellectual Property law and Legal Research services in Zimbabwe and the region.

5. SERVICES

Estate Planning and Administration;

Commercial and Corporate Law;

Immigration Law;

Family Law;

Criminal and Civil Litigation;

Intellectual Property Law; and

Labour Law.

6. FEES

The practice has a competitive fee structure which is guided by the Law Society of Zimbabwe “General Tariff of fees For Legal Practitioners”. As Legal practitioners, the practice is professionally and legally obliged to charge fees for legal work which are fair and reasonable in all the circumstances. The tariff is recommended by the Council of the Law Society of Zimbabwe for application to all legal work undertaken by legal practitioners, save where some other tariff is applied by law or where the client has agreed to some other rate or basis of charging.

The general policy is that clients must put up a deposit to cover legal fees before any attendances are made. The initial deposit is usually an estimate of the costs involved, however, the figure varies from case to case.

Consideration is given to the individual and unique circumstances of each and every client. To this end, a flexible approach to the question of legal fees is as important to the practice as it is to the clients.

7. OPERATIONS

As a sole proprietorship, the practice is owned and managed by the principal. The principal is responsible for all the operations of the practice. He is responsible for policy and strategic planning, Financial Management, Information Management, People Management, Risk Management, Client Care, File and Case Management of the practice.

8. PRINCIPAL’S PROFILE

It was at St Augustine’s Mission School, Penhalonga, that Mr. Walter Nyabadza became interested in the study of law. Being of the Manyika tribe himself, he took much inspiration from the likes of the late Herbert Chitepo and the late Chief Rekayi Tangwena with whom he shares the same totem. Chief Tangwena fought bravely to retain his people’s land when the colonialists drove them out of it at Inyanga.

He graduated with an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria in 2005 after which he joined the Attorney- General’s Office, as it then was, as a law officer. In 2010, Mr. Nyabadza became the legal advisor to the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT), a leading technology university which focuses in the development, incubation, transfer and commercialization of technology. He was instrumental in the drafting of the Harare Institute of Technology Intellectual Property Policy Document in conjunction with the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO).

He became a Candidate Attorney at Majoko and Majoko Attorneys and underwent pupillage from 2012 to 2014. To date, he has done work for large corporations including Hwange Colliery Company and United Refineries Limited. He has also done work for Labour Unions such as Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railway Workers Union (ZARWU) and Railway Association of Engineman (RAE).

The eldest son of an evangelical minister, Mr. Walter Nyabadza is a devoted Christian and family man having been brought up in a conservative Christian family of five. He is married to Martha, an educationist, and they have a son Tanaka Kennedy Nyabadza.

CONTACT DETAILS

Physical address : 6th Floor East Wing

ZIMDEF House

102 Fort Street

Btwn 8th and 9th Avenues

Bulawayo

Postal address : P. O. Box 6053

Morningside

Bulawayo

Telephone : +263 (9) 61404/5

Cellphone : +263 (0)771 725 704

Email address : nyabadzawalter@yahoo.com