Magamba Echimurenga Housing Co-op v Zanele Somkence

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the grounds of appeal properly raise questions of law as required for appeals against arbitral awards","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The three grounds of appeal challenge factual findings of the arbitrator"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator erred in finding an employment relationship existed","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Appointment letter, memorandum, correspondence"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator erred in quantifying salaries without evidence","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"No evidence led on salary quantification"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the finding that respondent earned $1,500 monthly salary was unsupported by evidence","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"No payslip or evidence of $1,500 salary"}

Background