On 8 January 2020, the High Court ordered the appellant to pay to the first respondent:
1. the sum of US$877 435 being the outstanding meteorological weather services fees (Met fees) for the period January 2006 to 30 April 2014;
2. all and further outstanding Met fees from 1 May 2014 to the date of final payment;
3. interest on the above sums at the prescribed rate from the date of the service of summons to date of final payment; and
4. costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale. More
The applicant was employed by the respondent as an environmental health technician. He was charged with three acts of misconduct in terms of the Labour( National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations, Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 ( S.I. 15/06). Disciplinary proceedings were conducted against him. He was found guilty of all the three charges. He was penalized with dismissal. He appealed internally but his appeal failed. The applicant was aggrieved by the procedure adopted by the respondent in conducting the disciplinary proceedings hence this application. More
The Respondent was formerly employed by the Appellant as a Driver. He was dismissed from employment on 22 October 2021 following disciplinary proceedings. The charge that had been levelled was that of breach of Schedule 4;3 and 4:10 of the National Employment Council for Welfare and Educational Institutions (NECWEI) Employment Code of Conduct. More
This is an application for condonation of late filing of an application for review of respondent’s decision declining allocation of land to applicant for the benefit of its members. More
Barrack Obama in his work titled “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, 2007 Canongate Books at p.48, posited that:
“The legal profession tends to place a premium on winning an argument rather than resolving the problem or arriving at the truth.”
The above is properly called being eristic. Depending on one’s persuasion, it can be either a trait or a virtue. There were times in the course of reading the papers in this application and during argument that I couldn’t help but think that one or the other of the parties was being eristic. Both counsel... More
This is an application for review at the instance of the applicant bank. At the onset of the matter the parties agreed by consent that all the preliminary points bedevilling the matter be abandoned so that the matter could be dealt with on the merit. This judgement therefore only concerns itself with the merits of the matter. Two issues were raised by the review. Firstly applicant says that the Designated Agent did not have jurisdiction to deal with the matter since there were internal remedies which the employee could use to have his grievances addressed. Secondly applicant says that the... More
The first respondent issued summons against the appellant and second respondent, in the court a quo. The appellant and second respondent were the defendants whilst first respondent was the plaintiff. The order sought had the following terms: More
