Okello v Hariss International Limited (Labour Dispute Reference 328 of 2017)
Okello v Hariss International Limited (Labour Dispute Reference 328 of 2017) [2023] UGIC 9 (2 June 2023)
The Industrial Court, guided by Section 18 of the Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) Act, 2006, is not bound by the strict rules of evidence applicable in civil proceedings. The Court determined that the contested documents should be admitted as identification documents, subject to formal proof at the hearing. The Court emphasized that the relevance, authenticity, and materiality of the documents can only be properly assessed after the evidence has been tested during cross-examination. Admission as identification documents does not equate to proof or confer evidential value; the doc…
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- Admissibility Of Evidence
- Labour Dispute Procedure
- Document Authentication