Tapiwa Denhere v Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company

[2013] ZWLC 643

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

22 November 2013

Citation

[2013] ZWLC 643

Judgment No.

LC/H/643/2013

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

F.C. Maxwell

Full Bench

F.C. Maxwell

Areas of Law

Labour LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

Rule 19 (3)(a)Dismissal of appealNon-compliance with rulesHeads of Argument

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the appeal should be dismissed for failure to file Heads of Argument within 14 days as required by Rule 19 (1)(a)","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondent failed to file Heads of Argument within 14 days of receiving notice of response"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The respondent filed an appeal on 19 August 2013 and received a notice of response on 28 August 2013. It failed to file Heads of Argument within the 14-day period prescribed by Rule 19 (1)(a). The applicant brought this application under Rule 19 (3)(a) for dismissal of the appeal. The respondent filed Heads of Argument on 26 September 2013 and only applied for condonation on 3 October 2013, after the dismissal application had already been lodged.

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