The Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules

Rule 15 of The Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules: Record of appeal

(1) A memorandum of appeal shall be accompanied by a record of appeal comprising a certified copy
of pleadings, the proceedings, any documentary evidence relied on, and the judgment, ruling,
decision, order, decree or award appealed against.
(2) Where the record of appeal is not filed together with the memorandum of appeal, the appellant
shall file the record within sixty days from the date of delivery of the judgment, ruling, decision,
order, decree or award appealed against.
(3) Unless the nature of the document renders it impracticable, each document prepared for the record
of appeal shall—
(a) contain a table of contents of the record of appeal;
(b) be on foolscap paper of durable quality;
(c) printed on only on one side of the paper;
(d) have a margin of not less than one and a half inches left the left side of the sheet; and
(e) be paginated consecutively.
(4) The Court may, in addition to or in lieu of a record of appeal, call and rely on the court file or
material for the proceedings appealed against in disposal of fee appeal.

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United Aryan (EPZ) Ltd v Okongo & 4 others [2026] KEELRC 14944 (KLR)

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…failure to include in the record of appeal certified copies of the ruling, proceedings and the order appealed against, as required under Rules 14 and 15 of the Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules, 2024. They assert that these documents are mandatory hence their omission is fatal and deprives this court of jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. In support of this argument, the Respondent relies on…
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Rule 18 — Extension of time

The Court may, if circumstances justify, extend the time prescribed for the filing of an appeal or any document relating to an appeal.

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