2013-UNAT-300, Wamalala
UNAT considered an appeal by the Secretary-General. UNAT held that as the Secretary-General had clearly established the UNDT’s lack of jurisdiction, UNAT, therefore, made an exception to the general rule that only appeals against final decisions are receivable. UNAT held that, as the issue of jurisdiction did not go directly to the merits of the case, there was a need to receive the appeal at that time rather than to wait for the issue to be raised in an appeal against the final judgment. UNAT held that the appeal was receivable. On the merits, UNAT held that UNDT’s finding that there was one...