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The High Court has rescinded a R97 509 default judgment against Koka James Rametse, finding a triable dispute over whether he lawfully returned his BMW X6 under the credit agreement and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 Advertising Regulatory Board has upheld a complaint against Amazon after a Philips Steam Iron PerfectCare was advertised at R999.00 as the “Lowest price of the year,” despite evidence that it had been sold for R848.99 weeks earlier.
Caroline Peters challenges the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to have Sections 154(2)(b) and 335A of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional.
A scholar transport driver has been sentenced to an effective five years’ imprisonment after six learners died in a high-speed crash in Mitchells Plain, with the court finding he ignored medical advice and acted with gross negligence.
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.
Linraw CC claims R3.7 million in losses allegedly linked to an electricity disconnection by the City of Johannesburg and City Power, as the dispute moves toward trial.
The High Court has held PRASA 100 percent liable after a commuter was pushed through open train doors, awarding R2.55 million and rejecting any claim of contributory negligence.
The Western Cape High Court has ordered the immediate return of two British children to the United Kingdom after finding that they were wrongfully retained in South Africa, rejecting claims of consent and grave risk under the Hague Convention.
The Supreme Court of Appeal will decide whether surplus funds in Jürgen Scheer’s South African insolvent estate can be transferred to Austria to pay unpaid creditors under Section 116 of the Insolvency Act.