Sampson v Truvelo Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd (J 1483/17) [2019] ZALCJHB 81 (18 April 2019).
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
SUMMARY The factual context from which this judgment arises concerns the substantive fairness of a retrenchment dispute. In this action, Mark Anthony Sampson (“the Employee”) challenged the substantive fairness of his dismissal, asserting that it was not effected in accordance with section 189 of the LRA. Truvelo Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd (the “Employer”) commenced
- Published in 2019, Labour Law, News
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Member of the Executive Council for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA) and Others v Mogalakwena Municipality and Another 2017 (4) 464 (GP)
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
SUMMARY In casu, this was application for reinstatement of a municipal official that claimed they had been unlawfully removed. The abovementioned application was granted by a single judge of the High Court, siting as the court a quo, but the aforementioned application was not what the present court was called to adjudicate. Instead, the
- Published in 2019, Appeals, Civil Procedure
Ngomane and Others v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Another (6778/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 122; [2017] 3 All SA 276 (GJ) (30 March 2017)
Thursday, 25 April 2019
SUMMARY The applicants are a group of homeless people who made a home for themselves on a traffic island under R31 highway bridge on End Street, between Durban and Meikle Streets, in the business district of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“JMPD”). According to the applicants, they lived under the bridge for a
Tiekiedraai Eiendomme (Pty) Limited v Shell South Africa Marketing (Pty) Limited [2019] ZACC 14
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
SUMMARY This case concerned the Constitutional Court’s amplified jurisdiction to hear cases that do not raise a constitutional issue in the context of an application for leave to appeal premised on a contractual dispute. Factually the case concerned a dispute around the right of pre-emption envisaged in the lease agreement between the respective parties.
- Published in 2019, Appeals, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Court’s Appeal Jurisdiction, News
Pexmart CC v H. Mocke Construction (Pty) Ltd [2018] ZASCA 175 (SCA).
Monday, 01 April 2019
SUMMARY In 2009, Hein Mocke (“Mocke”) registered H. Mocke Construction (Pty) Ltd (“Mocke Construction”), the First Respondent herein, so as to secure and procure the business of gold mining companies in respect of pipelining projects. Mocke had a competitive edge within the industry in terms of his revolutionary pipelining process, which entailed the rehabilitating and
- Published in 2019, News, Unlawful competition
