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Labour Court
Pretty Makuni v Old Mutual Shared Services (Pvt) Ltd
[2021] ZWLC 58
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
4 June 2021
Citation
[2021] ZWLC 58
Judgment No.
LC/H/58/2021
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
Kudya J
Full Bench
Kudya J
Areas of Law
Labour LawProcedural Law
Keywords
appeal groundshearing officerappeals officerprocedural irregularity
Tags
labour appealprocedural defectappeal grounds
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ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether an appeal in labour proceedings must attack the appeals officer's decision rather than the hearing officer's decision","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appeal grounds attacked hearing officer's findings"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The appellant appealed against a labour dispute decision but incorrectly attacked the hearing officer's findings instead of the appeals officer's decision as required by law, rendering the appeal procedurally defective.
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