Epic Foods (Pty) Ltd v Inqubela Phambili Trade Union and Others (J130/18) [2018] ZALCJHB 285 (11 September 2018)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
J130/18
Judge
GN Moshoana
The court found that all interim orders were moot and academic, as the unlawful conduct had ceased and the relevant employees were no longer members of the trade union. The ex parte order against the police was defective due to lack of notice and could not be made final. The contempt application against the trade union failed because contempt requires personal non-compliance by cited officials, not by the entity itself. The first respondent and its members were found jointly and severally liable for a portion of the applicant's costs due to their conduct, but no further relief was granted. Th…