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Itungo Simon and 12 Others v Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited (Labour Dispute Appeal No. 10 of 2024; Labour Dispute Miscellaneous Application No. 23 of 2025)

Industrial Court · [2025] UGIC 74 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Miscellaneous application arising from Labour Dispute Appeal No. 10 of 2024, seeking to strike out the appeal for being filed out of time
Decision
Application to strike out Labour Dispute Appeal No. 10 of 2024 dismissed

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Holding

The Industrial Court held that an appeal from a Labour Officer's decision is commenced by filing a notice of appeal within 30 days under Regulation 45(1) of the Employment Regulations 2011, not by filing a memorandum of appeal. Where the respondent filed its notice of appeal within six days of the Labour Officer's award, the appeal was properly commenced within the statutory period. The application to strike out the appeal for late filing of the memorandum of appeal was dismissed.

Outcome

Application to strike out Labour Dispute Appeal No. 10 of 2024 dismissed

Facts

The applicants were awarded UGX 580,411,087 by a Labour Officer on 15 May 2024 in Labour Dispute MGLSD/LC/346/2021. The respondent filed a notice of appeal on 17 May 2024, within six days of the award. The respondent subsequently filed a memorandum of appeal on 25 February 2025, 280 days after the award. The applicants brought a miscellaneous application seeking to strike out the appeal on the ground that it was filed out of time, arguing that the respondent was required to file the appeal within 30 days under Regulation 45(1) of the Employment Regulations 2011. The respondent contended that it had complied with procedural requirements by filing the notice of appeal within time and that delay in filing the memorandum was due to late transmission of the record of proceedings by the Labour Officer.

Issues

  1. Whether Labour Dispute Appeal No. 10 of 2024 should be struck out for being filed 280 days after the Labour Officer's award.
  2. Whether the appeal was filed within the statutory period prescribed by Regulation 45(1) of the Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011.
  3. Whether the filing of a notice of appeal within 30 days suffices to commence an appeal, notwithstanding late filing of the memorandum of appeal.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Employment & Labour — Appeals from Labour Officer — Commencement of Appeal — Notice of Appeal
An appeal from a decision of a Labour Officer to the Industrial Court is commenced by filing a notice of appeal within 30 days of the Labour Officer's decision in the form prescribed in the Seventeenth Schedule to the Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011, not by filing a memorandum of appeal.
Civil Procedure — Appeals — Time Limits — Compliance
Where a notice of appeal is filed within the statutory 30-day period prescribed by Regulation 45(1) of the Employment Regulations 2011, the appeal is properly commenced, and subsequent delay in filing a memorandum of appeal does not render the appeal incompetent or liable to be struck out.
Civil Procedure — Striking Out — Grounds — Time Limits
An application to strike out an appeal on the ground that a memorandum of appeal was filed out of time is without foundation where the law requires the appeal to be commenced by a notice of appeal and that notice was filed within the prescribed statutory period.

Legislation cited (13)

  • Employment Act s.93(1)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.45(1)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.45(2)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.45(3)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.45(4)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.45(5)
  • Employment Regulations SI No. 61 of 2011 reg.8(4)
  • Civil Procedure Act Cap. 282 s.79(2)
  • Civil Procedure Act s.7
  • Judicature (Electronic Filing, Service, and Virtual Proceedings) Rules 2025 r.46(1)
  • Judicature (Electronic Filing, Service, and Virtual Proceedings) Rules 2025 r.46(2)
  • Industrial Court Procedure Rules 2012 r.24(5)
  • Industrial Court Procedure Rules 2012 r.6

Cases cited (11)

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