Supreme Court · 22 May 2026

Henry Nyambe and Others v Lumwana Mining Company Limited (APPEAL NO. 17/2025) [2026] ZMSC 11 (22 May 2026)

Failure to consult before redundancy warrants compensation, but an appellate court rightly reduced an excessive award. Flynote Employment law — Redundancy — Employer's duty to consult employees prior to redundancy — Remedies for breach of consultation obligation (Employment Code Act s.55) — Measure of compensation — Distinction between award for wrongful termination and compensation for failure to perform contractual/statutory consultation obligation Civil procedure — Assessment of damages on appeal — Appellate restraint and the Kawimbe principles for interfering with trial judge's award of damages Read full summary

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