Sodo and Others v Government of the Eastern Cape and Another (NHE28/2/1)
Sodo and Others v Government of the Eastern Cape and Another (NHE28/2/1) [1999] ZALAC 43 (1 September 1999)
The Labour Appeal Court held that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the application. The relief sought was not an appeal from the Labour Court nor a reserved question of law as contemplated by the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The Special Tribunal Act and section 237(4) of the Interim Constitution only preserved jurisdiction for matters properly before the court prior to the statutory lapse, but the enabling legislation had been repealed and the court was not constituted under the old Act. The Judge President had not directed the court to sit as a court of first instance. The court decl…
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- Jurisdiction Of Labour Appeal Court
- Rationalisation Of Public Service
- Special Tribunal Act
- Interim Constitution Section 237
- Repeal Of Labour Relations Act