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ELRCOtherMiscellaneous Civil Application No. 7 of 2013· [2015] KEELRC 1337 (KLR)
Stephen Henry Urinda v Kenya Ports Authority [2015] KEELRC 1337 (KLR)
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#Kenya's Industrial Court converted an out-of-court settlement between a former port employee and Kenya Ports Authority into a binding award after checking its terms were fair.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a short consent adoption ruling of the Industrial Court at Mombasa. Stephen Henry Urinda, described in the body of the judgment as the Claimant, filed an ex-parte Originating Summons on 18th September 2013 against Kenya Ports Authority in a dispute over unfair and unlawful termination of employment. The Respondent filed Grounds of Opposition on 6th February 2014. When the matter came up for mention on 5th March 2015, counsel for the Respondent, Mrs. Ikegu, informed the court that the parties had reached a consent and prayed that it be adopted. The Applicant appeared in person. The court examined the proposed terms of settlement and stated its satisfaction that they were fair, adequate, regular and made in accordance with the law. It then ordered that an award be entered in terms of the consent filed by the parties on 3rd March 2015. The judgment contains no analysis of the merits of the termination, no findings on evidence, and no citation of authorities or statutes. No separate costs order was made. The effect is that the consent terms, whose contents are not reproduced in the judgment, became the binding award of the court.
Key legal issues
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Adoption of consent settlement as an award
Holding
The court adopted the parties' consent as its award after satisfying itself the terms were fair and lawful.
Reasoning
The parties informed the court at mention that they had reached a consent and prayed it be adopted. The court reviewed the proposed terms and was satisfied they were fair, adequate, regular and made in accordance with the law, and accordingly entered an award in terms of the consent filed on 3rd March 2015.
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Legal principles established
#- A court may enter award in terms of a consent settlement where it is satisfied the terms are fair, adequate, regular and lawful
Court orders
#- 1.Award entered in terms of the Consent filed by the Parties on 3rd March 2015
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Jurisdiction under the Industrial Court's employment and labour relations mandate; the judgment does not cite a specific constitutional or statutory provision.
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Stephen Henry Urinda v Kenya Ports Authority [2015] KEELRC 1337 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2015). Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 7 of 2013. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2015/1337/eng@2015-03-05
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