Redcliff Municipality v Phinias Mawedzere Redcliff Municipality v Nomvelo Buka

HB 83/20

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Case Details

Court

Bulawayo High Court

Date

21 May 2020

Citation

HB 83/20

Neutral Citation

[2020] ZWHB 83

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

Mabhikwa J

Full Bench

Makonese JMabhikwa J

Areas of Law

Labour LawArbitration

Keywords

arbitral award registrationpublic policydouble paymentenforcement

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo erred in registering the arbitral awards","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Awards were unpaid, municipality claimed payment had been made"}
{"issue_text":"Whether registration of awards would result in unjust enrichment","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Municipality claimed double payment would occur"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

Redcliff Municipality appealed against the registration of arbitral awards granted to 258 employees including the two respondents. The awards totaling US$2,376,669.89 were granted by an arbitrator on 20 January 2012. The municipality claimed it had already paid the awards and registration would result in double payment.

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