This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court (the ‘court a quo’) dated 6 May 2022, judgment number LC/H/108/22 in which it dismissed the appellants’ application seeking an order that the Works Council Meeting and Resolution of 15 September 2010 related to the appellants who were on fixed term contracts. More
This is an application for the rescission of a judgment granted in favour of the applicant, Joseph Mavhiza, which ordered him to set down his 2005 matter within 30 days. The applicant contends that he was unaware of the judgment until three months after it was issued, by which time the 30-day period had already lapsed. A further three months passed before the applicant was able to gather the necessary financial resources to engage legal representation and file the present application for rescission. The applicant is now six months out of time, seeking the court’s indulgence to rescind the judgment... More
The 1st appellant is an Agronomist in the Hurungwe District of Mashonaland West. The 2nd appellant is farmer in Karoi. They were jointly charged with fraud in contravention of s136 of the Criminal Law [codification and Reform] Act (Chapter 9:23). The offence relates to fraud in respect of agricultural inputs supplied by the Government. More
This is an application for bail pending appeal made in terms of section 123(1)(b)(ii) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] The Principles underlying an application of this nature are trite viz; the likelihood of abscondment, the prospects of success on the actual appeal and the delay before the appeal is heard. These are weighed against the interests of the administration of justice and the individual’s right to freedom. In the matter of S vs Kilpin 1978 RLR 282 (A) it was held that the principles governing the granting of bail after conviction were different from those governing... More
The applicant holds a Master’s Degree in Finance. He was last employed as the Group Financial Officer of a mining company. He was also a board member of the company. At the time of the hearing of this application, he was no longer so employed. In fact, he was out of employment. He lost his employment with the mining company in circumstances that led in part to this application More
This is an application for condonation of the late noting of a review application by the applicant employee. The respondent employer is opposed to the grant of condonation relief citing the fact that, the applicant has not satisfied the condonation tests. More
This is an application for condonation for late filing an application for review. It is opposed. PRELIMINARY ISSUES
At the commencement of the hearing , preliminary issues were raised on behalf of the 1st respondent . These are that the draft application for review does not comply with rules of this Court ,Statutory Instrument 150/2017( the Rules); that the relief sought is incompetent and further that the review application is premature More
