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Legitimate expectation requirements:

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Binding disciplinary code: Express contractual term

Denel (Pty) Ltd v Vorster When does a disciplinary code become binding on management and in effect become an express contractual employment term? [15] . . . It might be that the construction advanced by the appellant would...

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Disclosing security arrangements: Banker not liable

Absa Bank Ltd v Fouche    Disclosing security arrangements and SCA decided that there was no duty on the branch officials of the bank to have disclosed the absence of an alarm and a guard at night in respect of the safe deposit...

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Voluntary termination offer: Valid acceptance

University of the North v Franks Voluntary termination offer made by the university could not be revoked prior to the expiry date referred to in the offer. “Where an offer is (either expressly or tacitly) stated to be...

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Mistaken common assumptions: Legal consequences?

Van Reenen Steel (Pty) Ltd v Smith NO Mistaken common assumptions considered by SCA and agreed that ‘a common mistake relating to the existence of a particular state of affairs will not render the contract void unless it can be...

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