"It is the law that when an employee complains that his employment has been wrongfully terminated, he has the onus of placing before the court the terms of the contract...
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"It is trite that the court must, in construing the relationship of the parties in any contract, confine itself to the plain words and meaning which can be derived from...
"In cases of misconduct bordering on criminality, all that is required of an employer before summarily dismissing an employee is to give him fair hearing by confronting him with the...
"In statutory employment, as in private employment, the employer can dismiss in all cases of gross misconduct."
LABOUR LAW — Termination — Dismissal for Gross Misconduct Not Dependent on Prior Criminal Conviction
"It is not necessary, nor is it a requirement under section 33 of the 1979 Constitution that before an employer summarily dismisses his employee from his services under the common...
"I think it is elementary that the plaintiff could not thereafter be dismissed from an employment that had ceased to exist. In my judgment, the plaintiff's dismissal coming after the...
"It seems to me that when an employer brings the contract of employment to an end by terminating it, the employee effectively ceases to be in the employment and his...
"Whereas clause 9 confers a general and unqualified right to either party thereto to terminate the contract of service at any time by giving to the other the three months...
"Where a contract contains a provision that either party thereto may determine it by specified notice or payment of prescribed sum of money in lieu thereof, such notice or payment...
"The court in construing the relationship of the parties to a written agreement must confine itself to the plain words and meaning which are derivable from their rights and obligations...
"Under the common law, an employer is entitled to bring the appointment of his employee to an end for any reason or no reason at all. So long as he...
"Two of the vital ingredients that must co-exist before a contract of employment may be said to import statutory flavour include the following:- 1. The employer must be a body...
