Case summary written by Dean Scher and checked by Danmari Duguid 20 November 2020 BACKGROUND: This judgement dealt with an application for condonation brought by the plaintiff (“Higgs”), related to the main action proceedings between the parties. Higgs had instituted a claim for damages after he suffered injuries due to an accident while riding his

Case summary written by Megan Brook and checked by Kerry Theunissen BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: Linda Holden (the “Appellant”) was a counselling psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (the “HPCSA”). Assmang Limited (the “Respondent”) referred its employees to the Appellant. On 30 June 2008, the Appellant was reported to the HPCSA by

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner), Anja van Wijk (Senior Associate), and Marc Gevers (Candidate Attorney) October 2020 Introduction This article is one in a series on expropriation, which looks at some of the fundamental legal issues surrounding expropriation in the context of the revised Expropriation Bill published for comment on 9 October 2020 (“Expropriation Bill”). [1]

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner), Anja van Wijk (Senior Associate), and Marc Gevers (Candidate Attorney) October 2020 Introduction This article is one in a series on expropriation, which looks at some of the fundamental legal issues surrounding expropriation in the context of the revised Expropriation Bill published for comment 9 October 2020 (“Expropriation Bill”). [1] This

Written by Loyiso Bavuma and checked by Charlotte Clarke BACKGROUND: The parties, in this case, are Camp Discovery (Pty) Ltd (the “Applicant”) and Infusion Construction & Concrete Treatment (Pty) Ltd(the “Respondent). The Applicant wishes to rescind a court order and have it replaced with an order allowing the Applicant to continue with its claim and

Written by Loyiso Bavuma and checked by Simone Jansen van Rensburg BACKGROUND This matter relates to an application for the rescission of a default judgment, a request for an order for costs in respect of proceedings which did not occur on 4 May 2020 and a request for condonation by the applicants for the late

Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jeannique Booysen. 04 November 2020 BACKGROUND On 29 April 2020, the accused, namely Sergio Baron stole 8 (eight) chocolates to the value of R71,92 from Shoprite in Ceres. After his rights to legal representation were explained to him, he elected to conduct his own defence and

Case summary written by Tayla Bruce and checked by Jordan Dias. 04 November 2020 BACKGROUND On 12 October 2010, Brocsand (Pty) Ltd (“Brocsand”) and Full Score Trading CC (“Full Score”) concluded an agreement in terms of which Brocsand was appointed to render mining services in respect of the minerals located on a farm (“Red Hill

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner), Anja van Wijk (Senior Associate), and Marc Gevers (Candidate Attorney) October 2020 Introduction This article is one in a series on expropriation, which looks at some of the fundamental legal issues surrounding expropriation in the context of the revised Expropriation Bill published for comment 9 October 2020 (“Expropriation Bill”). [1] This