1. This is an appeal against the decision of the employer finding the Appellant guilty as charged and imposing a penalty of dismissal. The appeal is against both the conviction and the penalty. The appeal was opposed. More
This is an application for review of the events that eventually led to the applicants’ retirement/dismissal from employment. It is alleged that the Town Clerk acted ultra vires his mandate in that he made the decision meromotu in the absence of a Council Resolution to retire the first and 2nd Applicants. It has also been submitted to the court that the 3rd and 4th Applicants’ offices have been abolished by the Respondent and thus abolition amounts to a defacto retrenchment exercise. The Applicants have told the court that this is a unilateral variation of the employment contract. More
On 03 February 2025 this court dismissed with costs an appeal that had been filed by the appellant employer in a labour dispute pitting the employer and the employee. The court indicated that full reasons for the order could be availed on request. The employer has made a request for such reasons. More
This is an application for review of a decision by respondent’s Appeals Committee dismissing the applicant’s appeal.
The background to this case is as follows. Applicant was employed by the respondent as an Assistant Executive Finance. She was suspected of having committed certain offences in contravention of the respondent’s Code of Conduct. She was duly suspended and she appeared before a disciplinary committee which found her liable and dismissed her. The applicant thereafter filed an appeal with this court against the determination of the disciplinary committee. The appeal was dismissed on the basis that the applicant as a requirement should... More
The matter had been placed before me as an appeal against a portion of the determination of Respondent Appeals Committee handed down on 6th April 2018 wherein the Committee upheld the decision of the Disciplinary and Grievance Committee finding Appellant guilty of two charges and imposing a Dismissal penalty as a consequence. The matter was heard on 30th of July, 2019. On the 28th of August, 2019 the court handed down an order dismissing the appeal and upholding the decision of the Respondent’s Appeals Committee. The Appellant on the 30th of August, 2019 wrote a letter to the Registrar requesting... More
