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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 ATUNAISA QABALE
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 1st Plaintiff
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 AND:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 MESAKE VAKALOLOMA
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 2nd Plaintiff
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 AND:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 KORESI ROBANAKADAVU
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 3rd Plaintiff
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 AND:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 VILIAME TUNAVAKI
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 4th Plaintiff
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 AND:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNION}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6899565\charrsid4462983 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 a Union duly registe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 red under the Trade Unions Act.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par Defendant
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15677358 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 Counsel for the Plaintiffs: Mr. K. Vuataki
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15677358 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 Counsel for the Defendant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 : No appearance 
\par 
\par Date of Hearing & Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 24 March 2004
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 EXTEMPORE JUDGMENT
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
\par This matter was commenced by the filing of a Writ in this court on the 6th September 1995.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 
That Writ was filed on behalf of the four plaintiffs against the defendant and it claimed wages to August 1995 and thereafter until judgment.
\par 
\par The wages were owed by the defendant to the plaintiffs as a result of the failure of the defendant to pay wages after what appears to have been a significant disruption to the operation of the defendant in Fiji and relevantly at the Lautoka office.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 Each of the plaintiffs were employed by the defendant in various capacities.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15677358 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 The defendant failed to file any defence to the Writ and accordingly, on the 13}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  of October 1995, judgement was entered against the defendant in favour of the plaintiffs by default.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 That judgment provided in Clause (v), that g
eneral damages be assessed by the court, it is that order that brings the matter now before this court all be it some eight and a half years later.
\par 
\par The general damages that are sought by each of the plaintiffs are the unpaid wages between August 1995 and the 13}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  October 1995 being the date of judgment together with the unpaid FNPF contributions.
\par 
\par Each of the plaintiffs has submitted to the court, calculations of the wages from August to the 13}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
 of October and the outstanding FNPF contributions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 Each of t
he plaintiffs is entitled to receive those wages and those contributions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 I should note that the 3}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 rd}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  plaintiff passed away on the 14}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  of November 1996, some 13 months after, judgement was entered in his favour against the defendant.

\par 
\par The Orders of the Court therefore will be: -
\par 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 1.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 With respect to the 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 st}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
 plaintiff, as to wages outstanding for the period August 1995 to 13 October 1995, One Thousand, Ninety-Two Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1,092.30) and as to unpaid FNPF contributions, the sum of One Thousand, S
ix Hundred and Forty-two Dollars and Thirty-six Cents ($1,642.36).
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 2.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 As to the 2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 nd}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  plaintiff, as to wages unpaid for the period August 1995 to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 13 October 1995, the sum of Five Hundred and Sixty One Dollars ($561.00) and as to unpaid FNPF contributions, the sum of Eight Hundred and Eleven Dollars, Thirty Seven Cents ($811.37).}
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 3.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 As to the 3}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 rd}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  plaintiff, with respect to wages for the period August 1995 to 13 October 1995, the sum of Six Hundred and Ninety Three Dollars ($6,093.00) and as to unpaid FNPF contribu
tions, the sum of Nine Hundred and Eighty Five Dollars and Eighty One Cents ($985.81).
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 4.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 As to the 4}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358  plaintiff, for wages unpaid for the period August 1995 to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 13 October 1995, the sum of Three Hundred and Ninety Six Dollars ($396.00) and as to unpaid FNPF contributions, the sum of Four Hundred and Thirty Six and Ninety Eight Cents ($436.98).

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 5.\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta .}}
\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 I order the defendant to pay the plaintiffs\rquote 
 costs, which I assess in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 JOHN CONNORS
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 JUDGE}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4462983 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15677358\charrsid4462983 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15677358 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid4462983 AT LAUTOKA
\par 24 March 2004}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15357123\charrsid15677358 
\par }}