Supreme Court of Zambia - 2006 September

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6 judgments
September 2006
The applicant who voluntarily accepted early retirement and was paid benefits cannot later claim redundancy absent evidence of abolition.
  • Employment law — early retirement versus redundancy/retrenchment — burden on employee to prove retirement benefits excluded allowances — voluntary acceptance of early retirement bars later redundancy claim where position not abolished.
26 September 2006
Applicant who elected early retirement and whose post continued could not treat the retirement as redundancy or exclude paid allowances.
  • Employment law — voluntary early retirement versus redundancy — burden on claimant to prove composition of retirement benefits; post abolition or downgrading necessary for redundancy; conditions of service interpretation.
26 September 2006
Joinder under Order 14 Rule 5 denied where employer disowned employee’s act; vicarious liability is a merits issue for trial.
  • Civil procedure — Joinder under Order 14 Rule 5 — Requirement that person joined may be entitled to or likely to be affected by result — Distinction between joinder and vicarious liability — Preliminary determination on affidavits.
26 September 2006
Whether appellants are vicariously liable for injuries caused by an unauthorised driver of their vehicle, given pleaded admissions.
  • Vicarious liability — employer’s liability for employee’s vehicle — unauthorised driver — admissions in pleadings — control and permission to drive.
26 September 2006
Section 281 is discretionary; leave to proceed is allowed where disputes cannot be properly resolved in the winding-up process.
  • Companies Act s281 — leave to commence or proceed with actions against company in liquidation — discretionary — purpose to ensure orderly administration of assets and protect creditors — leave appropriate where disputes (denial of liability, legal questions, assessment of damages) cannot be properly determined in winding-up.
25 September 2006
Application of s.35(a) IGPA held that a record tendered on 22 March was filed within a seven‑day court‑ordered period, Registry wrongly refused it.
  • Civil procedure — computation of time — Interpretation and General Provisions Act s.35(a) — excluding day of event when counting days — effect on filing deadlines and registry acceptance.
6 September 2006