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On 12 June 2012 Arbitrator D. Mudzengi gave the following award in favour of the applicants. “My award is as follows: 1. It is ordered that respondent pays $77 373.41 salary arrears to the 25 employees within 21 days of this award. The names of the employees and the amounts owed are as per the attached schedule. 2. Claimants’ claim of unfair dismissal is hereby dismissed.” More

MAKONI J: The applicant approached this court seeking the setting aside of an arbitral award granted by the first respondent and thereafter substitute the award with its own order on the terms suggested by the applicant in the draft order. More

What began as a noble endeavour to give back to the community by developing the world’s most beautiful game, soccer, has turned sour. More

The plaintiff claims against the defendants jointly and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved, payment of the sum of US$3 000. The basis for claiming the said amount is framed in the following terms: “being the amount the defendants undertook to pay Plaintiff for his participation and role in the HIV and AIDS documentary ‘Pain in My Heart’, which despite demand, the defendants have refused, neglected and /or failed to pay.” The plaintiff contends that the claim is based on a verbal agreement entered into between the parties in early 2007 in which agreement the second defendant... More

Initially this matter came as an appeal. The accused was appealing against sentence in respect of count 2. However, we could not proceed to deal with it as an appeal because of the procedural irregularity that we then noted. We then dealt with it as a review in terms of s 26 of the High Court Act [Cap 7:06]. Consequently no submissions were then made by both the appellant and respondent in respect of the appeal against sentence. More

Sometime before 20 July, 2012 the applicants and the first respondent were embroiled in a Labour dispute. The dispute centred on non-payment of salaries, or wages, which were due to the applicants and unfair dismissal of employees by the first respondent. More

This is an application in terms of rule 19(3) a of the Labour Court Rules 2006 for the dismissal of the Respondent’s appeal on the basis that he failed to file his heads of argument within the time limits prescribed by the rules. The brief facts of the case are that the Respondent was dismissed by the Applicant on the basis of failing to obey lawful orders in contravention of the Applicant’s code of conduct. Aggrieved by his dismissal, he appealed to the Labour Court on the 20th July 2012. More