At the beginning of the hearing, Mr Chikowero applied for a postponement citing the fact that he had received the documents from the Applicant on 5 March 2014 when in fact these had been served on Applicant on 7 February 2014. It was common case that 1st Respondent had erroneously served the Notice of Response on the Applicant instead of the Applicant’s legal practitioners. More
This is an application for stay of execution. It emanates from an arbitral award dated the 3rd of June 2013, in which it was ruled that a collective job action in which Respondent participated was lawful, and as a consequence of which Applicant was ordered to reinstate Respondent without loss of salary or benefits. More
This is an application for upliftment of an automatic bar and condonation of late filing of heads of argument.
The respondents (appellants in the main matter) filed their heads of argument on the 28th March 2013 and served them on applicant’s legal practitioners of record on the 4th April 2013. (note that applicant is respondent in the matter). More
This is an appeal against a decision by the Chief Designated Agent for the National Employment Council for Commercial Sectors (NECCS) confirming the dismissal of the appellant from the respondent’s employ. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the National Employment Council (NEC) Welfare and Educational Institutions Appeals Committee which confirmed Appellant’s dismissal verdict. More
The matter was placed before me as an application for dismissal of a matter in terms of Rule 19(3) and (4) of the Labour Court Rules, 2006. The application was opposed.
The applicant in his founding affidavit averred that the respondent filed an application for condonation of late noting of an appeal against the decision of the Arbitrator handed down on the 31st of August 2013. He had duly served his notice of opposition to the application on 24 September 2012. The respondent having then failed to file heads of argument in terms of the Rules he filed a chamber... More
