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ELRCOtherCause No. 320 of 2014· [2014] KEELRC 221 (KLR)

Joseck Onditi Ogaro v Security Group (Mombasa) Limited [2014] KEELRC 221 (KLR)

Industrial Court of Kenya
16 October 2014
JRJames Rika
149 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Mombasa employment court approved a Kshs.140,000 settlement of an unfair termination claim, ending the dispute without a full trial.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This was an unfair and unlawful termination claim filed at the Industrial Court at Mombasa by Joseck Onditi Ogaro against Security Group (Mombasa) Limited. The claimant filed his Memorandum of Claim on 16th July 2014, and the respondent did not file a Statement of Reply. The dispute did not proceed to a full hearing. On 16th October 2014 the claimant's advocate, Mr. Asewe, informed the court that the respondent had paid the claimant Kshs.140,000 as full and final settlement. The court, presided over by Rika J, examined the proposed terms and recorded its satisfaction that they were fair, adequate, regular and made in accordance with the law. On that basis the court ordered that the matter be marked as settled in the terms proposed by the claimant. The award was dated and delivered at Mombasa on 16th October 2014. No costs order was made and no authorities or statutes were cited. The judgment is a short consent-type award adopting a settlement rather than a determination on the merits of the termination.

Key legal issues

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Adoption of out-of-court settlement in an unfair termination claim

Holding

The court adopted the settlement of Kshs.140,000 as full and final settlement and marked the matter as settled.

Reasoning

The claimant filed a Memorandum of Claim on 16th July 2014 alleging unfair and unlawful termination. The respondent did not file a Statement of Reply. On 16th October 2014 the claimant's advocate informed the court that the respondent had paid the claimant Kshs.140,000 as full and final settlement. The court, exercising its supervisory role over settlements in employment disputes, examined the proposed terms and was satisfied they were fair, adequate, regular and lawful, and accordingly adopted them.

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Legal principles established

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  • The Industrial Court may adopt a proposed settlement between parties where it is satisfied the terms are fair, adequate, regular and lawful.

Court orders

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  1. 1.The matter is marked as settled in terms proposed by the Claimant
Jurisdiction invoked
Jurisdiction of the Industrial Court over employment disputes (unfair and unlawful termination); no specific provision cited in the judgment

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Later judgments citing this (2)

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Judgments in the corpus that rely on this one. Where the Court said how it treated the authority, that is shown.

Cite this brief

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Joseck Onditi Ogaro v Security Group (Mombasa) Limited [2014] KEELRC 221 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2014). Cause No. 320 of 2014. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2014/221/eng@2014-10-16

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