Browsing: Civil Law

The Johannesburg High Court ruled that unproven corruption allegations against David Masondo were defamatory and cannot be widely published without evidence.

Flights between Mthatha and Johannesburg for consultations cannot be recovered from the losing party where virtual meetings were available, the High Court ruled.

A High Court ruling shows why a Road Accident Fund claim can fail when negligence cannot be proven and evidence about the crash is inconsistent.

After repeated hospital visits for a finger injury that would not heal, doctors failed to recognise a chronic pain condition. The High Court has now found the North West health department liable.

A man acquitted of murder has lost his R17 million damages claim after the Western Cape High Court ruled that police and prosecutors acted on reasonable grounds.

A dispute over which will governs the estate of the late Constance Louise King took a procedural turn after the defendants’ plea was struck out for failing to properly raise a claim in reconvention.

Two WSU law students failed in an urgent court attempt to secure a pass mark after the High Court found no prima facie right to compel a five percent mark adjustment.

The High Court has rescinded a R97 509 default judgment against Koka James Rametse, finding a triable dispute over whether he lawfully returned his BMW X6 under the credit agreement and whether BMW Financial Services complied with the National Credit Act.

A North West mother who buried the wrong baby after a hospital mortuary mix up has lost her R500 000 civil claim, with the High Court ruling that grief and recurring headaches, without expert psychiatric evidence, do not amount to a compensable psychiatric injury in law.

The Labour Court in Gqeberha removed a reinstatement application from the roll after an attorney took the original court file out of the building without authorisation. Acting Judge PN Kroon warned that the unauthorised removal of state court records may constitute an offence and could justify a personal costs order.