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ELRCOtherCause No. 752 of 2010· [2015] KEELRC 1616 (KLR)

Joseph Kahuko Mwangi & 183 others v Kenya Shell Ltd [2015] KEELRC 1616 (KLR)

Industrial Court of Kenya
6 July 2012
PKPaul K. Kosgei
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The bottom line

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184 Shell employees settled their case over the sale of Kenya Shell's business, and the Industrial Court adopted that settlement as its final binding order.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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The claimants, Joseph Kahuko Mwangi and 183 others, filed a memorandum of claim on 30th June 2010 against Kenya Shell Ltd seeking declarations that the intended sale of the respondent's Kenyan business amounted to a material change in the employment relationship, wrongful and unfair termination, and redundancy entitling them to full statutory, common law and equitable compensation, together with an injunction restraining the sale or transfer of shares or assets pending payment of redundancy benefits or consent of the employees. The respondent filed a memorandum of reply. Various interlocutory applications were determined by the Industrial Court and the High Court, including orders issued on 30th June 2010 and 10th October 2011. Ultimately, on 10th July 2012, the parties filed a consent letter providing that the matter be marked as settled, each party bear its own costs, the claimants confirm they have no claims whatsoever against the respondent, its officers or shareholders, and that the orders of 30th June 2010 and 10th October 2011 be set aside. Justice Paul K. Kosgei found the terms of settlement reasonable and adopted them as the court's award and order, disposing of the cause without any determination on the merits of the declarations or injunction sought. The suit was accordingly resolved by consent rather than allowed or dismissed.

Key legal issues

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Whether the claimants' claims should proceed to full hearing

Holding

No - the dispute was settled by consent and the court recorded the settlement as its award

Reasoning

The parties filed a consent letter on 10th July 2012 agreeing that the matter be marked as settled, that each party bear its own costs, that the claimants have no further claims, and that prior interim orders be set aside. The court found the settlement terms reasonable and adopted them as its award and order, disposing of the suit without a hearing on the merits.

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Legal principles established

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  • A labour dispute may be compromised by a consent settlement recorded by the court, whereupon the court adopts the agreed terms as its award and order

Court orders

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  1. 1.The matter be and is hereby marked as settled
  2. 2.Each party bears its own costs
  3. 3.The claimants have no claims whatsoever against the respondent, its officers or shareholders
  4. 4.The orders of 30th June 2010 and 10th October 2011 are hereby set aside
Jurisdiction invoked
Industrial Court of Kenya (Cause No. 752 of 2010) - employment dispute filed as a memorandum of claim

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Later judgments citing this (1)

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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, "Joseph Kahuko Mwangi & 183 others v Kenya Shell Ltd [2015] KEELRC 1616 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2012). Cause No. 752 of 2010. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2015/1616/eng@2015-07-06

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