ELRC FORM E4

APPLICATION FOR RESCISSION OF RULING

/ ARBITRATION AWARD

IN THE EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL

Case Number:.. ..................................

In the matter between

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(Respondent)

BE PLEASED TO TAKE NOTICE THAT application will be made to the Education

Labour Relations Council (hereafter referred to as the ELRC) on a date, place and time
to be determined by the ELRC for an order in the following terms:
1.

Rescinding

the

ruling/arbitration

award

rendered

by

Panellist

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on .. (date) in the aforementioned
case number;
2.
3.

No order as to costs / alternately costs in the cause;

Alternate relief.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE FURTHER that the applicant will accept service of all
documents in this application at the following address:
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TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that should you intend opposing this application, you must
deliver an answering affidavit within 14 (fourteen) days of this affidavit having been
served, failing which the matter will be heard in your absence.

AND TAKE NOTICE FURTHER that the affidavit of .....................................................

(insert name of person making affidavit, ie: deponent) annexed hereto marked A will be
used in support of this application.

Dated at .............................................................on .......................................................

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APPLICANT
Address: ........................................................................................................................
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Annexure A, Affidavit Page 3 of 7

Annexure A

IN THE EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL

Case Number:.. ..................................

In the matter between

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(Applicant)
and

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(Respondent)
AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR RESCISSION
I, the undersigned,.........................................................................................................
(full name of person making the affidavit)
do hereby make oath and state:
1.

PARTIES
(a) I am the applicant in this matter. I am duly authorized to make this affidavit
because: (need to explain the person making the affidavits relationship to the
case, i.e.: dismissed employee, trade union official, manager at the employer,
human resources officer, etc)
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(b) I will accept service of any documents in relation to this matter at the following
address or fax number
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(c) The respondent is: (need to explain who the other party is.)
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The respondents address is: ..............................................................................
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2.

BACKGROUND AND FACTS ON WHICH THE APPLICANT RELIES

(This section should chronologically deal with the facts, which would persuade or
dissuade a panellist in granting the application).
(a)

The ruling made at conciliation / arbitration award came to my attention on:

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I immediately did the following:
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(b)

I submit that I was not in willful default of the ERLC because: (for example, I
did not know of the date of the hearing because I had not received the notice
/ my address has changed and I have advised the ELRC of this / the fax
number the notice was sent to was incorrect. Annex any relevant documents.
Must give details.)
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(c)

I believe that the panelist should rescind the ruling / award because I have a
good prospect of succeeding in my claim against the respondent because:
(must set out, in as much detail as possible, why your case will succeed. It is
not sufficient to just say because I was unfairly dismissed. You must indicate
why. Was it procedurally and/or substantively unfair and what part of it was
unfair)
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(d)

As a result of the aforegoing, I respectfully submit that the panellist issued

the ruling / award erroneously in my absence, and I am therefore entitled to
rescission of that ruling / award (see section 144 for other grounds for
rescission, if necessary) as I have shown good cause for this in my
application.

(e)

General: (the issues raised here are not meant to be exhaustive. Please add
any information that you think the panellist may wish to consider in granting
the application)
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Annexure A, Affidavit Page 7 of 7

NOTE:
(a) The respondent may within 14 (fourteen) days of receipt of this affidavit from the
applicant, file an affidavit opposing an application for rescission by the applicant.
The applicant has 7 (seven) days to file a replying affidavit.
(b) The respondent must serve a copy of the affidavit on the Applicant within the
stipulated 14 (fourteen) days. Proof must be attached to show that the affidavit
has been forwarded to the other party.

Wherefore I humbly pray that the application be granted as prayed in terms of the
Notice of Motion to which this affidavit is attached.

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DEPONENT

Signed before me on .........................................at ........................................................

by the deponent who acknowledges that he/she knows and understands the contents of
this affidavit, has no objection to taking the oath/affirmation and considers it binding
upon his/her conscience.

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