Surface Wilmar (Private) Limited v Webster Zongoro and 17 Others

[2021] ZWLC 143

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

10 June 2021

Citation

[2021] ZWLC 143

Judgment No.

LC/H/143/2021

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Kudya J

Full Bench

Kudya J

Areas of Law

Labour LawEvidenceCivil Procedure

Keywords

correction of recordmissing submissionspayroll recordsarbitrationlegitimate expectation

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the application to correct the record by substituting payrolls for allegedly missing submissions should be granted","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Missing submissions from arbitration; applicant's former law firm closure; payroll records not previously tendered"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant employer sought to correct the arbitral record by substituting payroll records for allegedly missing submissions that were filed during arbitration to demonstrate that respondents had no legitimate expectation of re-engagement. The applicant claimed the submissions went missing when their former legal practitioner's firm closed after the proprietor died.

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