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On 4 October 2017 the plaintiff issued summons seeking the following relief: 1. An order declaring the 1st to 3rd defendants creation of grower number 346 in the name of TIV Rukatya Estate (3rd respondent)and/or to the benefit of the 2nd and 3rd defendants and all subsequent payments of funds and proceeds into that account to be unlawful and null and void. 2. An order declaring the creation of grower number 346 in the name of TIV Rukatya Estate to have been intended to be (and/or resulted in) an unlawful diversion of proceeds and revenue to grower number 591 and... More

This is an application for bail pending trial. Both applicants are being charged with an offence of Robbery as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] and the application is opposed by the state. More

The brief facts of the matter are that the Applicant was employed by the Respondent as a Finance Manager. The Applicant was eventually charged with serious misconduct in terms of section 4 (a) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations SI 15 of 2006. It was alleged that he committed various acts of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his employment. A disciplinary hearing was conducted, he was found guilty and dismissed from employment. The charges are as follows: More

The applicant filed an urgent chamber application on 9 June 2021 seeking the release of his consignment of abalone fish which the respondent seized on 27 May 2021 under Notice of Seizure Number 032789L, and an Atego Rigid Truck, Registration Number JR94CCGP held under Notice of Seizure Number 032788L, which was carrying the abalone consignment. The aforesaid notices also, informed the applicant that the Commissioner General, Customs and Excise, in terms of s 193 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02], may inter aliarelease the goods from seizure or declare them to be forfeited.Additionally, both notices bore on their... More

BHUNU JA: This is an application for condonation of late filing of application for leave to appeal by an unrepresented applicant. The background to the application is that the applicant was employed by the respondent as a Delicatessen Assistant. She was dismissed from employment on allegations of theft. She is alleged to have stolen a bottle of mayonnaise and hid it in her underpants on 3 November 2009. The Disciplinary Committee found her guilty as charged and ordered her dismissal from employment. She unsuccessfully appealed all the way to the Labour Court. Her application for leave to appeal to this... More

On 23 February 2021, the applicant filed this urgent chamber application seeking relief set out in the draft provisional order as follows: “FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That you show cause why an order should not be made as follows; 1. The provisional order be and is hereby confirmed. 2. The Registrar of this Honourable Court be and is hereby directed to set down for hearing the anti-dissipation application in case HC 7094/20 on the next available date on the roll. 3. The Respondent shall bear the costs of this application on an attorney and client scale. INTERIM RELIEF SOUGHT 1. Pending... More

This is a chamber application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 28 February 2020. The application is made in terms of s 92F(3) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01](“the Act”), the Labour Court having refused the applicant leave to appeal on 20 November 2020.After hearing arguments from counsel, I reserved judgment. More