The Respondent was employed by Applicant as a Provincial Manager from September 2008. She resigned on the 5th September 2013. After her resignation she referred a complaint of constructive dismissal to a Labour Officer. The parties having failed to conciliate the matter was referred to compulsory arbitration. The Arbitrator found that the Respondent had been unfairly dismissed through the Appellant actions that were in violation of Section 12B (3)(a) of the Labour Act [Cap 28:01]. The Appellant was directed to pay Respondent damages in the amount of US$ 16 982.72 in damages for loss of employment by the 30th of... More
“It is deplorable that the Rules of Court are not studied or taken seriously by the legal practitioners who practice in those courts. It is part of a legal practitioner’s legal duty to his client to ensure that he is well versed in the Rules of the Court in which he appears on behalf of his client. Not to be conversant with the Rules constitutes, in my view, gross negligence on the part of a legal practitioner vis a vis his client” (per ZIYAMBI JA in Innocent Kadungure v Cheryl Chandi Kadungure SC 19/07) More
A hearing was conducted by the applicants’ disciplinary committee which found the 1st respondent not guilty. The applicant appealed to 2nd respondent. The 2nd respondent heard the appeal and came up with a determination that is the subject of this application for review. More
This is an appeal against the arbitral award that was granted in favour of the Respondent by Honourable Arbitrator Kazembe on the 5th of July 2018. In the award the Respondent was granted damages in lieu of reinstatement amounting to $418 060-00. More
