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Alliance One Tobacco v Nsenga (Labour Dispute Application No. 83 of 2021)

Industrial Court · [2021] UGIC 48 · 2021 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for leave to appeal on questions of fact from Labour Officer's award
Decision
Leave to appeal granted; matter to proceed to substantive appeal

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Holding

The Industrial Court granted leave to appeal on questions of fact from a Labour Officer's award. The respondent filed no affidavit in reply, which the court treated as fatal and as implying no rebuttal to the application. The court accepted that the questions of fact were material to the appeal and illustrated the Labour Officer's failure to properly evaluate evidence.

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted; matter to proceed to substantive appeal

Facts

Alliance One Tobacco applied for leave to appeal on questions of fact from an award made by the Labour Officer sitting at Hoima in complaint No. 168/1/156/2019. The applicant asserted that questions of fact were material to reversing the award and that these facts illustrated the Labour Officer's failure to properly evaluate evidence. The respondent filed no affidavit in reply by the time the matter came up for panel discussion.

Issues

  1. Whether leave should be granted to appeal on questions of fact from the Labour Officer's award.

Orders

  • Application allowed.
  • Leave granted to appeal on questions of fact.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Affidavits — Effect of Failure to File Affidavit in Reply
The failure to file an affidavit in reply where the law requires one is a fatal omission, and the absence of an affidavit in reply implies there is no rebuttal to the application.

Legislation cited (5)

Cases cited (2)

  • DFCU Bank Limited v Godfrey Muwanga (Miscellaneous Application No. 240 of 2018)
  • Agro Supplier Ltd v Uganda Development Bank (High Court Civil Suit No. 379 of 2005)

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Alliance_One_Tobacco_v_Nsenga_(Labour_Dispute_Application_No._83_of_2021)_[2021]_UGIC_48_(5_November_2021)
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