At the commencement of the appeal before this Court, Respondent raised two points inlimine.The points were that;
1. Appellants were barred for failure to file their Heads of Argument timeously; and
2. The matter was resjudicata. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award issued on 19 November 2010, in terms of which the retrenchment of the appellants was held to have been lawfully done. More
In the interests of justice the court invoked rule 26 and condoned the flouting of the time lines and consequently ordered that the matter be set down and be argued on the merits. Dissatisfied by this order the applicant employer has now applied to this court to grant it leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The basis for the application is that the Labour Court erred to invoke rule 26 mero motu and to order that the matter now be heard on the merits. Its main argument is that there was no way both parties could have been said... More
On the 19th November 2021 this Court issued a judgment in terms of which it ordered respondent to reinstate applicant’s grade (after unlawful demotion) and pay damages arising from the demotion. The parties engaged each other but failed to settle the amount of damages payable. Then on 2nd September 2024 applicant filed the present application for quantification of the damages by this Court. Respondent opposed the application. More
