19890411 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The applicant's affidavit and annexed salary slips, unchallenged by the respondent, sufficiently establish a prima facie employment relationship with the respondent company. Therefore, the applicant should be joined as a plaintiff.
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- Citation
- 19890411 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Applicant: Applicant (Name not specified); Respondent: Respondent (H.B.L. International Contractors Inc. or H.B.L. International Contractors Consulting Services Incorporated)
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 11 April 1989
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Joinder Under Order I Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code / Ruling on Application for Joinder as Second Plaintiff in Civil Case No. 262/88
- Outcome
- Application allowed
- Legal Topics
- Joinder of Parties, Employment Claims, Corporate Personality
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Applicant (Name not specified)
Applicant
Respondent (H.B.L. International Contractors Inc. or H.B.L. International Contractors Consulting Services Incorporated)
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Application for Joinder Under Order I Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code / Ruling on Application for Joinder as Second Plaintiff in Civil Case No. 262/88
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant should be joined as a second plaintiff in Civil Case No. 262/88
- 2 Whether the applicant is an employee of the respondent company
Ratio Decidendi
The applicant's affidavit and annexed salary slips, unchallenged by the respondent, sufficiently establish a prima facie employment relationship with the respondent company. Therefore, the applicant should be joined as a plaintiff.
Court Disposition
Application allowed
Orders
- Applicant to be joined as a plaintiff in Civil Case No. 262/88
- Mention on 22/4/88 before the Registrar to fix a hearing date
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I JQJ.}}'-J 3I(If PER e o o o o o o c co .o co c o o e o 0 PLJilfJ!Il7TJJ' Versus Ilijl.,IHG This is an o.pi";lic:1,tio11 under OR l Ill of .tl:e Civil Procod~U'O Code w:1e:reby ·1;l~o 2.pplica..'1t sccL:s to be joi:ncd G.S second ph.intiff in Civil Case lTo._ 262/880 E:c. Rutas~~oby2- ic~od on:unsel o-J..' tl'-c c.pplic2.nt c:.rgued ~Gli;:-_;i:; tl.1e u.pplicant is o.n cnployee of the respondent cor;ipn.ny a.nd t;.22.t he is cl2.iming vo.rious aoo1..mts of money froD tl10 respondent inclu.d.inc 2,,rrc2.rs of s2.l2.ry fron J·.,mc ~906 to cl2/co. In sup~~-ort o:f ::ds 2,rgunont t}in.t he iG eDplo~ ec.l by tJ.J.e 1 respondent tlie lettrncc.l c0un::rnl referred the court to n.m10n1:rCs A ancl B of t:.~e n.fficlavi t. In rebut_tal Hr. I-Ilmtto 7 loamed Colmsel for tho rosponclent sul:imit'lieQ t!w.t t'..20 application is misconceined :..1.l1d :referred ·i:;hc cou1~t to n.nne::;::ures ,fl,_ CJ.1d D which, it wc..s nrguod 1 showed that applic::"nt I s cnploycrs are 1:.1 .B .L. In terno.tionc'.l Contractors Consv.lting Service~ :bcorpomted .-;,..nd. not tJ.:e rospoi1do11t in Civil Cnse Ifoo 262/83 w]dch iG lmown 8.S H.B.Lo International Contrnctoro Inc:.H•1,:,oro.tecl. It w2..0 c,rgu.ed. tLo:i, ·t.:1esc c.re tw:::- clistiil.ct-c co:-.1pc.::1ies and dis 1i:bb.d;t lec;t.1 pc:rtlo!1G.1i tics., ------ the co·'-:rt w::.s rcfcrruc1 tc; tJw clocision in S"~LiiOl-J) vs 3li.LU0F:O (1894).:.• c. 442., H wns ft:.rt'.::.or subni tted iLcd; the upplicc.nt l1a.s purposely oDittecl to prod.ucc contra.ct o:f:' service with N.11.Lo Internt1tio:n2..l Con-cract,::rs Consulting ,Jcrvicos Incor-1,ora.ted whic.'1 sJ.wulcl 112.ve Lelpcd t:~o cov.rt in rca.cl:,.in,:; iJ.-;s decision. The Court was invi ·cGd to diSi:.1iss the 2..pplic2.:i;ion o,s inconpetent n.nd orclor tt.e c,pplico.11-[; to file n sepo.r2.to suit c.gninst tho right person. - 2 - In I'Cply Lr. Th.rc2,,zL:obyc:. locnod coLmsel for t~:G 2.pplic2,,nt refor:rod ·l;ho court to pc.re. 4 of applicant's c.fficlo.vit ,Lich s·ce,;cos t:1n.t t]10 p2,yoent s,.-::.12-1-y sJ.ips C.11.nexv.res A nnd B were issued to l>.ic.1 bJ the rcsponclon-c J C:or:1pany. responden-li >.as nGt cLa.llegod t::e contents o:? p2,rn,.e;r2,1)b. fou:r. I tend ·co ['.,,groe wi·c::1 J:.fr. l'.J:2-tte 1s su.bi;,ission ·;;_;_~at t).~e two oru1e~:i.U:es o.ccor.1pc.nyi:ng applicc,rd; 's C1.ffid2svi t s:iow t::i.,:,,-t o.pplicD.i.1-~ 1 s eaploycrs c-re n di~i'ere;.1-c comp.my• They s'..ww t~:2.t his ec.ployers aro r.I.D .. L. Interrn.,tionwl C-Jntro..ctors Consulting -Services Incorpor2,·(;cd., If. this we1s tl~e onl,y evidence relied Up!)n by ·the c.pplico.nt in su.p;)ort of :iis clc.,in t:.2c..t ho is OD:;?loyea by t~w i~espond.on-;; in civil c;J.Se No. 262/88 this 2,i)plic2.tion wo1.:.ld hc,vo no leg fo s-i;~mc1 on c1.,ncl wuulcl ho.ve been r.1isc-:mceiV..od., But o.s nrg,.:10<1 by nr., RutMhob;fo. the applicnnt s::-~ys in p2,ro 4 of his -9.:ffido.,vi t -;;i:c. t t:~c tw:) s.~.12.r;r slips were issnod to hirJ~ :·by t.he rcspan,font compo.ny. cb.c'-llengin.e; "t1:.o conten-i;s of 1x1ro. f .1.1.r t:~1:1;~ it is the responclcnt Tl12.t boi:i1g the })osi·cion t.be respondent is inplicdly ·c2.kc::n to ho..ve ~,1 ·-·1i· t·'ccc tl•o co· J.,.. c.,.,\.,W,1. .. ·1·'·011•!-s - l, _,..1.J .,.-,. ,, .... o·" o··r· l"''r~(.Ltiui't~ .L '1")"•~12· ~1 J(:.., i,' ccn1·'·s I., C,.-.,V "Ii' • .-,·f-'•"'i" dnni' l.,:..L <,..,.,L.l., I + 2·"' t;---.e -v-ies,T o•::· ·'·'1i'c:; V O -- ..._ rt _,_ I.,_.,_ 0 cc,,.,.,·1:i..1 2·+·.- .Ll,,:, C""1·:-,,,~-C~ ...,~ U .... V •.•J. o·? priI~" VV.o..o. I.JI.;) ~- _., l_.,,, 4 o""'.L· o.pi:,lic211 t 's · 2,ffid.:1.vi -t; is c.:.-zythinc; to [SO by cc:U'plo'"l with the two o.nnexu.ros this is 2, pr·opci~ cnsc for t1:is cov..I't to order tl:.t~t tL.o ::1pplicctnt, lTiel I--bcc.lu:ff ll be joincc.l ii1 Civil 88,Se 1foo 262/88 n.D one of t-1.:c plc.intiffs. It is so ordered., Costs to f~llow tllG event. ORD:CR r:Iontion on 22/4/88 before tho Rc[;istra.r wl::.o should fi:i: n near hecrinz do.te -Possibly 1st weed in l'-Icsy 1989 .. N. So J',:J:ifz:~VLS JAJI KIONGOZI