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Polity
Published: 18 Feb 2010
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| Billiton Aluminium SA Ltd t/a Hillside Aluminium v Khanyile and Others (CCT 72/09) [2010] ZACC 3 | |
| The issue presented in this matter is whether there is a constitutional duty on an appellate or review court to fashion a just and equitable remedy by having regard to facts that occurred after the decision appealed against or taken on review. This issue has arisen only because of systemic delays in the dispute resolution system under the provisions of the Labour Relations Act (the LRA). There can be no question that systemic delay of this kind undermines confidence in the courts and that urgent steps need to be taken to alleviate and eradicate them. Whether their occurrence creates constitutional duties for courts to create remedies where none previously existed is a different and more complicated issue to determine. The conclusion reached here is that the facts of the present case do not compel the creation of a remedy different to the one granted in the tribunal of first instance. What follows explains the road travelled to arrive at this conclusion. |
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