This is an Urgent Chamber Application for Stay of Execution of an arbitral award granted by Honourable P. Chawira on 12th February 2014.
In terms of the award, the Applicant was ordered to pay an amount of US$3 500.00 as terminal benefits to the Respondent.
The Respondent proceeded to have the arbitral award registered with the Magistrates Court under case No. 3338/14, for purposes of enforcement. In pursuance of such enforcement, a Notice of Attachment in Execution was issued on 4th July 2014, in terms whereof various goods belonging to the Applicant were placed under judicial attachment, pending removal on... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent officer reprimanding appellant employer for 6 months with effect from 15 February 2021. This was at the backdrop of her having been charged and tried on allegations of incompetent or inefficient conduct of her duties in contravention of section (4)(f) of the Model Code. More
This matter was set down as an application for condonation for late filing of an appeal. In response to the application the respondent employer raised with the court points in limine which points are the subject matter of this judgment.
The employer took 3 points that is (1) application was not served on time (2) Answering affidavit was improperly before the court (3) Applicant was bared for failure to file heads of argument. In the result the employer prayed that the application for condonation be struck off the roll with costs on the basis of the points raised above. More
On the set down date of the appeal by the appellant against the respondents appeals bodys decision in a labor dispute between appellant and her employer the employer took the point that the appeal was bad at law as it attacked the hearing officer’s decision and not the appeals officer’s decision. It is only this point which is addressed by this ruling. More
