Trevor Wicks v Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Private) Limited

JUDGMENT NO.LC/H/359/14

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

20 June 2014

Citation

JUDGMENT NO.LC/H/359/14

Neutral Citation

[2014] ZWLC 359

Judgment No.

LC/H/359/14

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

G. Mhuri

Full Bench

G. Mhuri

Areas of Law

Labour LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

leave to appealnotice of appealquestion of lawprocedural fatal

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the failure to file a proposed notice of appeal together with the application for leave to appeal is fatal to the application","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant did not file proposed notice of appeal; Court had to identify grounds from heads of argument"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has shown sufficient grounds for granting leave to appeal","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"No proposed notice of appeal filed; grounds not articulated"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against this Court's judgment of 8th November 2013. The applicant failed to file a proposed notice of appeal as required, forcing the Court to sift through heads of argument to identify grounds of appeal. The application was struck off for this procedural failure.

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