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BORDER TIMBERS INTERNATIONAL (PVT) LTD v EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES LABOUR BOARD & ORS 2009 (2) ZLR 308 (S)

2009 (2) ZLR p308

Citation

2009 (2) ZLR 308 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-46-09

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Sandura JA, Ziyambi JA and Garwe JA

Heard

17 November 2008

Judgment

5 November 2009

Counsel

J Mugandiwa, for the appellant
J Bamu, for the second to seventh respondents

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Employment – Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] – s 89(6) – amendment thereto by Labour Amendment Act 2005 – effect of procedural effect only – retrospective operation of amending Act

Employment – Labour Court – jurisdiction – exclusive jurisdiction in labour matters – includes exclusive jurisdiction in review proceedings in labour matters

Interpretation of statutes – retrospectivity – effect on vested rights – change to procedural law – no vested rights in procedural matters

Statutes – retrospectivity – when statutes operate retrospectively – matters of procedure operate retrospective in absence of good reasons to the contrary – no vested right in matters of procedure

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