NYAMANDE & ANOR v ZUVA PETROLEUM (PVT) LTD & ANOR 2015 (2) ZLR 186 (S)
Citation | 2015 (2) ZLR 186 (S) |
Case No | Judgment No. SC-43-15 |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Chidyausiku CJ, Gwaunza, Garwe, Hlatshwayo and Guvava JJA |
Heard | 3 February 2015 |
Judgment | 17 July 2015 |
Counsel | L Madhuku, with him C Mucheche, for the appellants |
Case Type | Labour appeal |
Annotations |
Flynote
Employment – termination of employment – employer's common law right to terminate employment on notice – whether such right still subsists notwithstanding Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].
Employment – Labour Act – sections 12(4) and 12B – whether section 12(4) provides for termination on notice – whether section 12B abolishes the employer's common law right to terminate on notice.
Interpretation of statutes – time – honoured and golden rule of statutory interpretation – giving words of a statute their primary meaning – common law and statutory interpretation – presumption that a statute cannot alter the common law without saying so explicitly.
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