Mufindi Paper Mills versus Masoya Magoti

Mufindi Paper Mills vs. Masoya Magoti; MISC Labour Application No. 171 of 2013: High Court of Tanzania (Labour Division) at Dar es Salaam (Unreported).

• Labour Law

• Leave: Leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania: What are the relevant provisions?
• Relevant Provisions: Non-citation / wrong citation of relevant provisions: What is the effect?

Held:-

(i) A party seeking leave in the Labour Court to appeal to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania should file an application under Rule 24(11)(b) and 54 of the Labour Court Rules, GN 106 of 2007, Rule 57 of the Labour Institutions Act, No 7 of 2004, Section 5 (I)(c) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, Cap 141 R.E. 2002 and Rule 45 (a) and (b) of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2009.

(ii) It is an established principle of the law and practice that non-citation, wrong citation, or incomplete citation of the enabling provision of the law renders the application incompetent.