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ELRCOtherCause No. E250 of 2021· [2021] KEELRC 1368 (KLR)
Moses Gitimu Mureithi v Board of Management Kenya Hospital Association t/a Nairobi Hospital [2021] KEELRC 1368 (KLR)
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#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a short interlocutory order issued by the Employment and Labour Relations Court at Nairobi in a series of related employment causes against the Nairobi Hospital. The parties were agreed that Cause No. E248 of 2021 (Caroline Njeri Ngugi v The Board of Management, Kenya Hospital Association t/a the Nairobi Hospital) would act as a test suit for the series, which comprised Causes E247 of 2021 (Brantina Wairigu Boke), E248 of 2021, E249 of 2021 (Morton Tinda Otieno), E250 of 2021 (Moses Gitimu Mureithi, the present file) and E251 of 2021 (Irene Kepkosgei Kibet). On that agreement, Nzioki Wa Makau J stayed proceedings in all the other related files and directed that they be held together pending the resolution of the test suit. The court further recorded the parties' consent on case-management steps: the claimant to file an amended claim within a few days and not later than Monday 14th June 2021; the respondent to have 14 days to file its statement of response; and a mention on 30th June 2021 to confirm compliance and give directions on hearing. The order was to be placed on all the related files forming part of the series. The order is purely procedural; it determines no substantive claim, makes no costs order, and cites no authorities or statutes. Its practical significance lies in the test-suit mechanism, allowing one cause to dispose of common issues for the whole series.
Key legal issues
#01
Whether related causes should be stayed pending determination of a test suit
Holding
The court stayed all related files to be held together pending resolution of the test suit, Cause E248 of 2021, by consent of the parties.
Reasoning
The parties were agreed that Cause E248 of 2021 should act as the test suit for the series of related causes against the same respondent. On that agreement, the court directed that the other files be held together and stayed to avoid duplicative proceedings, and gave a timetable for the amended claim, response and mention, extending the direction to all files in the series.
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Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.Stay of proceedings in the related files E247 of 2021, E249 of 2021, E250 of 2021 and E251 of 2021 pending resolution of Cause E248 of 2021 as the test suit
- 2.Claimant to file an amended claim not later than 14th June 2021
- 3.Respondent to have 14 days to file the statement of response
- 4.Mention on 30th June 2021 to confirm and give directions on hearing
- 5.Order to be placed on all the related files in the series
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Employment and Labour Relations Court, Employment and Labour Relations Act/Court procedure (not expressly stated in the order)
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Moses Gitimu Mureithi v Board of Management Kenya Hospital Association t/a Nairobi Hospital [2021] KEELRC 1368 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2021). Cause No. E250 of 2021. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2021/1368/eng@2021-06-09
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