SIP PROJECT MANAGERS (PTY) LTD V THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE (CASE NO: 11521/2020)

Case summary written by Wade Jacobs and checked by Musa Mathebula. Background This is an application for declaratory relief, whereby SIP Project Managers (“the Applicant”) seeks to set aside and declare null and void the notice to appoint a third party, namely the Applicant’s bank being Standard Bank, in terms of the provision of section
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Magic Eye Trading 77 CC v Santam Limited (775/2018) [2019] ZASCA 188 (10 December 2019)

Case summary written by Wade O’Connor and checked by Andrew Lawrie BACKGROUND In 2019, the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) was tasked with deciding when prescription begins to run in respect of a claim for indemnification under an insurance policy.  The present appeal arose out of a delictual damages claim brought about by the
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W & A Le Roux Slaghuis (Pty) Ltd and Another v Van Niekerk 2020 (2) SA 624 (GP)

By Wade O’Connor and checked by Jordan Dias BACKGROUND In 2019, the North Gauteng High Court (the “Court”), was tasked with dealing with inter alia the question of whether or not an irrevocable offer could be deemed to be revocable. On 14 May 2015, Van’s Auctioneers Gauteng CC (the “Auctioneers”), acting on behalf of the
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Covid-19: The Protection of Personal Information and Cyber Security

By Wade O’Connor, Candidate Attorney and Caitlin Wilde, Partner Introduction Since the dawn of the internet, cybercrime has been an ever-present threat. As technology develops, so too does its users’ capabilities. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described COVID-19 as an ‘Invisible enemy’, however, 2021 could pose a new threat in the form of an ‘invisible criminal’.
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Fourie v Geyer (MKP27/2018) [2019] ZANWHC 42 (22 August 2019)

BACKGROUND Last year, the High Court of South Africa, North West Division, Mafikeng (the “Court”), was tasked to consider an application for the payment of an amount of R1 303 120.05 plus interest thereon in terms of an acknowledgement of debt (the “AOD”) concluded between friends in or during August 2015. The applicant launched an
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South African Reserve Bank v Bank of Baroda (South Africa) 2019 (6) SA 174 (GP) (2 April 2019)

BACKGROUND This matter followed an on-site inspection by the South African Reserve Bank (the “Appellant”) into the financial undertakings of the Indian-based financial institution, Bank of Baroda South Africa (the “Respondent”). The Respondent was the only bank willing to take on the infamous Gupta-family business accounts after these accounts were closed by South Africa’s major
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