Some of the persons in the photo in no particular order and others to be added soon (still searching memory and seeking assistance): Justice John Murphy, Paul Pretorius SC, Mark Antrobus, John MacRobert, Charles Nupen, Bontle...
Read MoreThe majority in the SCA interpreted s 12B(1)(b) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 [inserted by National Credit Amendment Act 19 of 2014] as not having retrospective application and did not invalidate the agreement relied...
Read MoreThe SCA disallowed the appeal and held that the debt has prescribed because the date when a debt becomes due must not be conflated with the date when repayment is demanded. So a debt that is repayable on demand becomes due when...
Read MoreWillis JA in South African Dental Association v Minister of Health (20556/2014) [2015] ZASCA 163 (24 November 2015) with majority judgment by Navsa and Swain JJA (Shongwe and Zondi JJA concurring): [61] I have had the privilege...
Read More“In each of the cases upon which the appellant has relied, and which dealt with s 19(1)(a)(iii) of the Supreme Court Act, it was made clear that, in order to succeed in obtaining a declaratory order, a party must establish a...
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Read MoreOn Friday the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) delivered judgment in an extremely complicated dispute involving asylum seekers in Cape Town. The SCA’s judgment was not unanimous and this is what one the judges in the majority had...
Read MoreNUPSAWU obo Mani v National Lotteries Board [2013] 8 BLLR 743 ; (2013) ILJ 1931 SCA576/12 24 May 2013 Note: Overturned on appeal [2014] 7 BLLR 621 ; (2014) ILJ 1885 (CC) “Summary: Employees’ advice that CEO be given a...
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