DCC 28/2001
Type
Case
Court
Dubai Court of Cassation
Jurisdiction
Dubai
Taxonomy
Termination of Employment, Litigation Procedure & Practice, General Civil Procedure & Administration of Justice
Copyright
LexisNexis
Decision date
23 Jun 2001
Catchwords
Litigation Procedure – New Defendants – Employment Cases – Labour Department – Unfair Dismissal
The original dispute involved a claim for unfair dismissal by a hotel employee. The employee later tried to add some additional defendants (new investors in the hotel) to the case. The case was rejected because the employee had not gone back to the labour department when these new defendants were added. It was confirmed it was not necessary to go back to the labour department a second time merely to add extra defendants.
Background
An employee filed a case against a hotel and requested the court to order the hotel to pay him 489040 AED and the annual interest. The employee stated he had started working for the hotel on 16/10/1996 and was unfairly dismissed on 29/03/2000. During the procedures the employee requested the court to add some additional defendants (who were new investors in the hotel) to the case.
The court rejected the case because the employee had not made a complaint to the labour department before adding the new defendants.
The employee appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.
Decision