On 7 January 2014, the appellant was admitted to the Avenues Clinic, a private hospital run by the respondent. At the time of admission, she was expecting her first child. She suffered a miscarriage a few days after she was admitted to the hospital. She then sued the respondent for damages as a result of the miscarriage. The matter proceeded to trial before the High Court. After the close of the plaintiff’s case, the respondent applied for absolution from the instance. The court ordered that the respondent be absolved from the instance and ordered More
The appellant, “Old Mutual Zimbabwe” created a trust, whose purpose, as captured in the trust Recordal “was to promote the objectives of the Indigenisation Laws and to comply therewith, and as an incentive scheme for the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.” The Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, who was the authority responsible for administering the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act [Chapter 14:33], gave his approval of the trust and confirmed that it complied with the legislation on Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment. More
The appellant initiated a retrenchment process against the first respondent before the second respondent. The second respondent made recommendations to the Minister of Labour and Social Services (the Minister) in terms of the Labour Relations Retrenchment Regulations, 2003 (SI 186/2003) (the Regulations).
By notice dated 2 March 2015, the Minister approved the retrenchment of the first respondent with effect from 23 February 2015. The approval included the terms for the retrenchment and more particularly that the first respondent was entitled to payment of a gratuity equivalent to one month’s salary for every year worked, a stabilisation allowance equivalent to two... More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court dismissing an application for the rescission of an earlier judgment granted in favour of the fourth respondent in Case No. HC 1589/13. The application was dismissed with costs to be borne by the estate of the late Brian James Rhodes, of which estate the applicant (the appellant herein) is the executor dative. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 30 June 2017, which upset the determination of the Appeals Board of the National Employment Council (NEC) Banking undertaking of 15 July 2016 made in favour of the appellant. More
