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Labour Court
George Musanhu v Standard Chartered Bank
[2020] ZWLC 59
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
28 February 2020
Citation
[2020] ZWLC 59
Judgment No.
LC/H/59/2020
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
Hove J
Full Bench
Hove J
Areas of Law
Labour lawCivil procedure
Keywords
rescissiondefault judgmentcourt rulesform complianceperemptory provisions
Tags
rescission of judgmentnon-compliance with court rulesform LC1procedural defect
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Labour Court (Amendment) Rules, 2018 (Statutory Instrument 8 of 2018)
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the application is fatally defective for non-compliance with rule 14(1) requiring use of form LC1","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Application not in form LC1"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the application is out of time","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Application brought after time limits"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant sought rescission of a default judgment issued against him on 15 April 2015. The respondent raised preliminary objections that the application was defective for non-compliance with court rules regarding the required form and that it was out of time.
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