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
The present appeal was noted against an arbitral award handed down on 4 July 2013 in which award the Arbitrator determined that the two Appellants were lawfully terminated from employment. More
This is an appeal against the appellant’s dismissal from employment following disciplinary proceedings.
An order was made dismissing the appeal with costs . The following are the reasons.
At the commencement of the hearing an application was made for upliftment of an automatic bar operating against the respondent for being out time by one day in filing heads of argument. The application was not opposed. I accordingly granted the application . The respondent also had a preliminary point it intended to raise on the failure by the appellant to file the appeal within the stipulated 21-day period. However, the preliminary... More
