Browsing: Civil Law

Judge J Fisher refused to enforce four RAF settlement agreements after finding delayed claims, defective evidence and no valid compromise between the parties.

Magalies Water’s seven-year dispute with Madibeng Local Municipality will continue in Pretoria after the North West Division ruled it lacked territorial jurisdiction to hear the matter.

A High Court has ruled that a family may continue its medical negligence claim arising from the death of a woman following hospital treatment, finding they acted diligently by first pursuing an HPCSA investigation.

Gauteng faces the prospect of paying more than R600 million after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed its application to reinstate an appeal in a long running gambling levy dispute.

A failed attempt to sequestrate a luxury Midstream estate took an unexpected turn after the High Court in Pretoria found that a deputy sheriff falsely claimed to have visited the property when he had actually met the judgment debtor at a KFC. Acting Judge Mentz dismissed the application and ordered the matter to be referred to the South African Board for Sheriffs for investigation.

The High Court has dismissed Transnet’s application for leave to appeal against a judgment that declared its R300 million security tender unlawful, leaving the state-owned company to restart the procurement process.

A foreign national married to a South African has won a citizenship victory after the High Court dismissed Home Affairs’ rescission application and found the department in contempt.

The High Court ruled that police lawfully arrested parents who entered Muizenberg Beach during South Africa’s Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown to rescue their toddler, dismissing all their claims and ordering them to pay the Minister of Police’s legal costs.

A man failed in his urgent bid to obtain a 17-year-old Speak Out broadcast that he says falsely portrayed him as a fraudster.

A former Pollsmoor prisoner has won more than R1.06 million after a High Court ruling added R717 734 in interest to compensation for tuberculosis contracted in custody.