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Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
14 March 2014
Citation
[2014] ZWLC 143
Judgment No.
LC/H/143/2014
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
E Makamure
Full Bench
E Makamure
Areas of Law
Labour procedureRescission applications
Keywords
rescissiondefault judgmentwilful defaultarguable case
Tags
rescission of default judgmentdefault judgmentprocedural application
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant was in wilful default","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant arrived 10 minutes late due to travelling 200km from Kwekwe"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has an arguable case on the merits","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Court found applicant has arguable case"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant sought rescission of a default judgment entered against him after he arrived at court 10 minutes late, having travelled over 200 kilometres from Kwekwe to Harare. The court found he was not in wilful default and had an arguable case on the merits.
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