On 24th July, 2024 the court handed down an order under reference LC/H/ORD/892/24 in the following terms;
1. The appeal be and is hereby struck off the roll with costs.
2. The reasons are to follow.
The following constitutes the reasons for the order as granted.
The matter was placed before the court as an appeal against a determination of the Respondent Appeal’s Committee which determination had been handed down on the 18th of January 2024.The appeal was not opposed. More
This is an application for the quantification of damages due to the applicant employee following the success of his review application in a labor dispute pitting him and the respondent employer. More
On 23 May 2024, the court refused first and second respondents` application for upliftment of a bar. The court furnished the reasons thereof ex tempore and issued the following order; -
1) The application for upliftment of the bar by First and Second Respondents for failure to file heads of argument in terms of the Rules of Court be and is hereby dismissed with costs.
2) Matter to proceed as unopposed. More
: This is a court application for a declaratory order in which the following order is sought:
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The application for a declaratory order be and is hereby granted.
2. The applicant be and is hereby declared to have been married customarily to Shepherd Gwasira, and that she be declared a surviving spouse to the Estate Late Shepherd Gwasira.
3. The Late Shepherd Gwasira/deceased’s estate is declared to be governed by customary law.
4. The third respondent be and is hereby ordered to pay costs of suit. More
The appellant employed the respondent as an expenditure clerk from July 2000. She was engaged as a grade 7 employee. In February 2018 the appellant was assigned to do grade 9 duties. Her pay and other benefits remained at those of a grade 7 employee. As a result, the respondent made a claim against the appellant raising the issue of the failure by the appellant to pay her an acting allowance. More
The appellant employed the respondent as an expenditure clerk from July 2000. She was a grade seven employee in February 2018, the appellant was assigned to do grade nine duties. Her pay and other benefits however remained at those of a grade 7 employee.
The respondent brought a claim against the appellant alleging that the appellant had failed and or neglected to pay her an acting allowance. The issue referred to the arbitrator was therefore that of alleged nonpayment of an acting allowance. More
At the onset of oral argument in this Court, respondents made an oral application for condonation of the late filing of their Response. Appellant opposed the application.
It is common cause that the notice of appeal was served on respondents on 22nd June 2023. They were required to file a Response on or by 6th July 2023. They only filed their Response on 13th July 2023. They were 5 days out of time. Respondents’ attorney stated, from the bar, that they had problems in uploading the Response onto the Court’s IECMS platform over the 5 days. They also tried using... More
