Rufaro Marketing v Rufaro Marketing Workers Union

LC/H/34/16

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

22 January 2016

Citation

LC/H/34/16

Neutral Citation

[2016] ZWLC 34

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Mhuri J

Full Bench

Mhuri J

Areas of Law

Labour LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

rescissiondefault judgmentnotice of set downservice irregularity

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Was the rescission application filed within the 30-day period prescribed by Rule 33?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant became aware on 5 June 2015, filed on 14 July 2015"}
{"issue_text":"Was applicant in wilful default?","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Notice served on wrong law firm"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

Applicant filed an appeal against an arbitral award in 2011. The appeal was set down for hearing in February 2014 but applicant failed to appear, resulting in a default judgment. Applicant only became aware of the default when the Sheriff attached its property in June 2015 and filed this rescission application in July 2015.

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