Supreme Court of Zambia - 2013 January

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6 judgments
January 2013
Proof of corrupt practices under section 93(2)(c) independently voids an election; no additional ‘majority prevented’ showing is required.
  • Electoral law — Corrupt and illegal practices — Sections 79 and 93(2)(a) & (c) — Independence of grounds in s.93(2) — Proof of malpractice under s.93(2)(c) does not require showing majority were prevented from voting — Election nullified; fresh election ordered.
30 January 2013
Collective-agreement variations must be by the statutory bargaining unit; board signatures cannot lawfully amend retrenchment terms.
  • Labour law — Collective agreement variation — Bargaining unit defined by statute — Board of Directors cannot lawfully substitute for management in varying collective agreements under Section 72; retrenchment benefits; repatriation claim pleaded and not traversed; referral to Deputy Registrar for assessment of long-service bonus
28 January 2013
Whether statutory redundancy notification applies to written fixed‑term contracts and entitles employees to unexpired‑term damages.
  • Employment law — fixed‑term written contracts — Part IV (Section 26B) notification/approval requirements — redundancy — application to oral contracts only — wrongful termination remedies.
24 January 2013
Conspiracy pleadings read holistically that state material facts can disclose a clear cause of action; dismissal denied.
  • Civil procedure — Pleadings — Practice Direction No.1 Order 53 — requirement to plead material facts and show clear cause of action; Conspiracy — particulars — evidentiary detail vs. required particulars at pleading stage; striking out/dismissal appropriate only where pleadings disclose no cause of action.
18 January 2013
Dismissal upheld where employee failed to obey lawful instruction to attend urgent fault and did not satisfactorily explain absence.
  • Employment law — dismissal for refusal to obey lawful instruction; adequacy of reasons and evaluation of evidence by Industrial Relations Court; employee's duty to report and raise competence/safety concerns; procedural fairness in disciplinary process.
17 January 2013
A receiver appointed under a floating charge has precedence over the liquidator for assets subject to that charge.
  • Company law — Winding up and receivership — Effect of floating charge and appointment of receiver under a debenture — Receiver’s administration takes precedence over liquidator in respect of charged assets — Section 286(1) does not oust a receiver appointed under a debenture
15 January 2013