Respondents were in the employ of the Appellant in various capacities. The Respondents approached the Appellant with the intention of having their employment terminated on the basis
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of ill-health. The Respondents had contracted different illnesses during the course of their employment with the Appellant. The Appellant was supposed to apply for the termination of this employment in terms of the Group Life Assurance Scheme. The provision was that where medical evidence was vailed showing that a member was permanently medically incapable of performing his/her duties, that employee would be entitled to retire prior to the normal age of retirement.... More
This is an application for the review of the Designated Agent’s decision which resulted in him awarding members of the Zimbabwe Rural District workers Union an increment in housing and transport allowance which Bindura Rural District Council was obliged to pay as per the Designated Agent’s determination More
This is an appeal . The appeal matter was deemed abandoned by the Registrar. However, the matter was still set down for a hearing before the parties had dealt with the abandonment. The question of the abandonment was brought to my attention by the parties. More
This is a special case in terms of 52 of the High Court Rules, 2021. On 26 November 2018 the plaintiff sued out a summons seeking an order to compel the defendant to deliver to it a Nissan Urvan NV 350 2.5 litre diesel, manual transmission, 16-seater minibus with air conditioning (“vehicle”). The action is defended. More
1. On the 5th of July 2024 this court granted leave to appeal a decision of this court. The court was desirous to see the issue of jurisdiction that was before it looked at by a superior court of more than one Judge. This was clearly espoused to the parties. A few days after the order granting leave was issued there was a request for reasons for the order. This was not really surprising as the parties had had two bruising battles which clearly showed that there would be a long and arduous fight. More
The Applicant was employed by the second respondent. He was charged of acts of misconduct by the very second respondent, found guilty and dismissed from work. The Applicant appealed against, as well as applied for a review of, the decision before this court, citing the second respondent only. The second respondent denied jurisdiction of this court in that case. Case LC/H/1186/22 refers. Having met this hurdle the Applicant applied for joinder of the second respondent in the present case LC/H/494/23. More
This matter was placed before me as a court application for leave to institute a class action, in terms of s3 of the Class Actions Act [Chapter 8:17], the “Act”. The basis of the application is set out in the affidavit deposed to by the first applicant as confirmed and supported by the second to the fifth applicants More
