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Labour Court
Baudenciana Mutero v Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd
[2022] ZWLC 22
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
28 January 2022
Citation
[2022] ZWLC 22
Judgment No.
LC/H/22/2022
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
G. Musariri
Full Bench
G. Musariri
Areas of Law
Labour lawRescission of judgmentDisciplinary proceedings
Keywords
rescissiondefaultwilful defaultprospects of successdisciplinary misconduct
Tags
rescission applicationdefault judgmentdisciplinary appeal
legislation
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether applicant provided reasonable explanation for default","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant's assumption that matter would be transferred to Mutare"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether applicant has reasonable prospects of success on merits","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant altered deployment sheet without explanation"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant's appeal against a disciplinary finding was dismissed for want of prosecution when neither the applicant nor his legal representative appeared at the hearing. The applicant applied for rescission, claiming he assumed the matter would be transferred to Mutare circuit and that he lacked funds to travel to Harare.
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