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Arbitration [2025] LSCA 26

Maseru City Council V SCIG-SMCJ-TIM Joint Venture (C of A (CIV) 66/2024)

Maseru City Council V SCIG-SMCJ-TIM Joint Venture (C of A (CIV) 66/2024) [2025] LSCA 26 (2 May 2025)

The Court of Appeal held that the High Court could grant interim interdictory relief pending arbitration under the Arbitration Act, despite the arbitration clause.

  • Jurisdiction-despite-arbitration-clause
  • Interim-interdicts
  • Guarantee-independence
  • Fraud-exception-in-guarantees
  • Arbitration
  • Bank-guarantees
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Arbitration [2024] LSHC 42

kesi MDTE Joint Venture v Water and Sewage Company (CCT/0435/2022)

kesi MDTE Joint Venture v Water and Sewage Company (CCT/0435/2022) [2024] LSHC 42 (13 June 2024)

The High Court held that a special plea based on an arbitration clause succeeded, and the court lacked jurisdiction once litigation was unequivocally opposed.

  • Arbitration-clause-interpretation
  • Jurisdiction
  • Stay-of-proceedings
  • Commercial-litigation
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Arbitration [2023] LSHC 213

Letseng Diamond (PTY) Ltd V The President of the Law Society of Lesotho (CCA 19 of 2022)

Letseng Diamond (PTY) Ltd V The President of the Law Society of Lesotho (CCA 19 of 2022) [2023] LSHC 213 (11 May 2023)

The High Court dismissed an interlocutory bid to file late evidence and upheld the appointment of an arbitrator under a fuel supply contract’s arbitration clause.

  • Interpretation-of-arbitration-clauses
  • Appointment-of-arbitrator
  • Procedural-compliance-in-arbitration
  • Review-of-arbitral-appointments
  • Arbitration
  • Contract-interpretation
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Arbitration [2016] LSCA 4

M & C Construction International v Lesotho Housing & Land Corporation (C of A (CIV) 9 of 2015)

M & C Construction International v Lesotho Housing & Land Corporation (C of A (CIV) 9 of 2015) [2016] LSCA 4 (29 April 2016)

The Court of Appeal reinstated an arbitral award, holding that the High Court wrongly set it aside and that private arbitration awards are set aside only on narrow grounds.

  • Setting-aside-arbitral-awards
  • Remittal-of-arbitral-awards
  • Damages-for-loss-of-opportunity
  • Mora-interest
  • Arbitrator's-mandate
  • Gross-irregularity
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Commercial-law [2015] LSHC 63

Ts'epong (Pty) Ltd v Netcare Hospital Group (Pty) Ltd (CCA 88 of 2014)

Ts'epong (Pty) Ltd v Netcare Hospital Group (Pty) Ltd (CCA 88 of 2014) [2015] LSHC 63 (20 August 2015)

The High Court of Lesotho referred a shareholder dispute to arbitration under clause 26 of the parties’ Shareholders’ Agreement.

  • Shareholders'-agreement
  • Arbitration-clause
  • Referral-to-arbitration
  • Non-joinder
  • Arbitration
  • Shareholders-agreement
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Arbitration [2013] LSHC 118

Quantum Quality Surveyors (Pty) LTD v Lesotho Consolidated Civil Construction (Pty) Ltd (CIV/APN 117 of 13)

Quantum Quality Surveyors (Pty) LTD v Lesotho Consolidated Civil Construction (Pty) Ltd (CIV/APN 117 of 13) [2013] LSHC 118 (4 April 2013)

The High Court held the dispute was arbitrable and, because the arbitration agreement was silent on the number of arbitrators, appointed a single arbitrator.

  • Appointment-of-arbitrator
  • Interpretation-of-arbitration-agreement
  • Court's-power-to-appoint-arbitrator
  • Arbitration
  • Arbitration-agreement-interpretation
  • Civil-procedure
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Labour-law [2013] LSLC 6

Lepekola Molieleng and Another v Paballo Ramochele and Another (LC/REV 16 of 8)

Lepekola Molieleng and Another v Paballo Ramochele and Another (LC/REV 16 of 8) [2013] LSLC 6 (18 March 2013)

The Labour Court dismissed an application to rescind a DDPR arbitral award, holding that it lacked jurisdiction and that rescission must be sought before the arbitrator.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Rescission-of-arbitral-award
  • Labour-law
  • Arbitration
  • Rescission-of-award
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Labour-law [2011] LSLAC 2

Mohlobo and Others v Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LAC/CIV/A 2 of 2010)

Mohlobo and Others v Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LAC/CIV/A 2 of 2010) [2011] LSLAC 2 (26 January 2011)

The Labour Appeal Court held that the DDPR arbitrator committed a material error of law by deciding validity instead of the referred breach of contract dispute.

  • Review-of-arbitral-awards
  • Breach-of-contract
  • Employment-benefits
  • Jurisdiction-of-arbitrator
  • Material-error-of-law
  • Labour-law
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Labour-law [2007] LSLC 1

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority v Ranthamane (LAC/REV/75/05; LC/REV/364/06)

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority v Ranthamane (LAC/REV/75/05; LC/REV/364/06) [2007] LSLC 1 (14 February 2007)

The Labour Court held that a DDPR arbitrator’s refusal of absolution from the instance is interlocutory and neither appealable nor reviewable.

  • Absolution-from-the-instance
  • Interlocutory-orders
  • Reviewability-of-arbitral-rulings
  • Leave-entitlement
  • Labour-law
  • Arbitration
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Labour-law [2006] LSLAC 6

Lesotho Electricity Corporation v Ramoqopo and Another (LAC/REV 121 of 5)

Lesotho Electricity Corporation v Ramoqopo and Another (LAC/REV 121 of 5) [2006] LSLAC 6 (5 September 2006)

The Labour Appeal Court dismissed a review of an arbitral award, finding no gross irregularity, prejudice, or basis to interfere with the arbitrator’s decision.

  • Review-of-arbitral-proceedings
  • Unfair-dismissal
  • Procedural-impropriety
  • Standard-for-judicial-review
  • Labour-code-interpretation
  • Labour-law
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