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AI summary
The Labour Appeal Court dealt with an appeal against a Labour Court order that had reinstated a review application concerning an arbitration award. The court said the delay in filing the record was inordinate and that the explanation for it was inadequate, and it upheld the appeal. The order substituted the Labour Court’s order with one dismissing the application.
This may be relevant to labour law practitioners and parties involved in review applications and reinstatement applications.
Evidence from source
The appeal raises the question whether the Labour Court misdirected itself by reinstating the review application, which, under clause 11.2.2 of the now-repealed Practice Manual, was deemed withdrawn.
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the delay in filing the record was inordinate, the explanation palpably without merit, the prospects of success, if relevant, marginal at most, and that the interests of justice favoured finality over any prejudice to the respondent.
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