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This is an appeal against a decision from the respondent’s Disciplinary Authority(DA). Mr Mareya, the Appellant was employed by the Respondent as its General Manager, Projects. He was dismissed from employment following disciplinary proceedings on two counts of violating section 4 (a) of the National Code of Conduct S. I 15/2006 as read with sections 14 and 45 of the Public Finance Management Act, [Chapter 22:19] [P.F.M.A.]. Aggrieved by that decision, he appeals on the following grounds and I quote: More

This is an appeal against an award by a labour officer. Before the appeal could be heard two preliminary points were taken on behalf of the respondent. These are that: (i) the appellants have not complied with Rule 11A of the Rules of this Court; and (ii) the prayer is defective. More

This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against a judgment handed down on 24 October 2014. The respondent was employed as a general hand by the applicant. He was charged of actual or attempted theft, embezzlement, fraud or bribery in terms of the code of conduct for the Welfare & Educational Institutions. He was found guilty and dismissed by a disciplinary committee. An internal appeal confirmed this. I found that the respondent had been wrongly found guilty. I consequently ordered reinstatement without loss of salary and benefit from the date of unlawful dismissal with the... More

This is an application for the review of a retrenchment package approved by the 1st respondent in favour of the 2nd to the 52nd respondents. The 2nd – 52nd respondents (retrenchees) were retrenched by the applicant in August 2015. Their retrenchment was approved by the second respondent, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (the Minister) on 24 August 2015. The terms and conditions of the approved retrenchment are as follows: Terms and conditions of the Retrenchment Service pay 1 month salary/year served Severance pay 2 months salary Relocation allowance 1 month salary Period of payment requested by... More

The above mentioned matter was set down for hearing before me on the 4th of April 2012. During the course of hearing the Appellant then indicated his wish to produce certain documents as evidence before the court. As these documents had not been produced in the proceedings a quo the Appellant was directed by the court to lodge a formal application for leave to introduce that evidence. The Respondent was then granted leave to file its response to the application. The Appellant having filed the application and the Respondent its response thereto the following is the court’s ruling on the... More