Zimbabwe Rural District Council Workers Union v Hurungwe Rural District Council

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the court should correct the order to include a monetary figure of $100,315.60 for back pay.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The absence of the figure in the original order and draft; the presence of the figure in a document not formally before the court."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the court is functus officio in relation to the quantification application.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The original order was final; the applicant seeks to add substantive relief."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether adding the figure would alter the sense and substance of the original order.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The original order granted the application without specifying amount; adding amount changes the substantive relief."}

Background