The Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) RulesRule 62 of The Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules: Test suit
(1) Where two or more persons have instituted suits against the same respondent, the Court may,
either on its own motion or upon the application of any of the parties with notice to all the affected
parties, if satisfied that the issues to be tried in each suit are similar, make an order—
(a) directing that one of the suits be tried as a test case; and
(b) staying all the steps in the other suits until the selected suit is determined or fails to be a real
trial of the issues.
(2) The outcome of a test suit shall be binding on any suit that is stayed under subrule (1).
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