Newest first, read from the court's own list the day each is handed down.
| Handed down | Judgment |
|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2008 | Minister for Justice & Constitutional Development v Moleko (131/07)[2008] ZASCA 43 · Malicious prosecution – requirements for –– act or omission by magistrate in the exercise of his judicial functions – section 60(11)(a) of C... |
| 31 Mar 2008 | 218/07 Murray v Minister of Defence[2008] ZASCA 44 · 383/2006 |
| 31 Mar 2008 | 278/07 Alan Vermaak v The State (218/07)[2008] ZASCA 45 · Sentence – application to receive new evidence – no case made out – no misdirection on the part of magistrate. Neutral citation: Alan Vermaa... |
| 31 Mar 2008 | Northpark Trading v Ausplow (278/07)[2008] ZASCA 46 |
| 31 Mar 2008 | Geldenhuys v The State[2008] ZASCA 47 · 470/2007 · Sexual Offences Act of 1957 – constitutional validity of ss 14(1)(b) and 14(3)(b) of Act – distinction drawn between heterosexual and same-s... |
| 31 Mar 2008 | Head of Western Cape Education Department v Governing Body of Point High School[2008] ZASCA 48 · 584/2007 · Administrative action in terms of s 6(3) of the Employment of Educators Act of 1998 – review by court – failure by decision-maker to weigh c... |
| 31 Mar 2008 | 494/07 Graham Dick v Angela Dick[2008] ZASCA 49 · 241/2007 · Final interdict – Requirements for – no injury committed or reasonably apprehended. Dispute of fact not soluble on papers. Neutral citation:... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Firstrand Bank v National Lotteries Board (385/07)[2008] ZASCA 29 |
| 28 Mar 2008 | 91/07 Ntaka v The State[2008] ZASCA 30 · 469/2007 · Sentence – appeal against effective sentence of six years’ imprisonment imposed on year-old boy on conviction of rape of fellow pupil – corr... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Casino Enterprises (Pty) Ltd (Swaziland) v The Gauteng Gambling Board (91/07)[2008] ZASCA 31 · Exception to claim – excipient not accepting plaintiff’s facts but advancing contradictory facts on which to base averment of absence of cru... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | M Abrahams v Springbok Atlas[2008] ZASCA 32 · 137/2007 · Claim for personal injury – negligence – fittings in bus – absolution from the instance. Neutral citation: M Abrahams v Springbok Atlas (137... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | 153/2007 Street Pole Ads Durban v Ethekwini Municipality (06/07)[2008] ZASCA 33 |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Madinda v Minister of Safety and Security[2008] ZASCA 34 · 153/2007 · Prescription – limitation of actions – Institution of Legal Proceedings against certain Organs of State Act of 2002 ss 3(1) and (2) – legal... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Joint Stock v Absa Bank Ltd (164/07)[2008] ZASCA 35 · Appropriation by bank of money held in client’s account ─ account used for specific purpose of funding the establishment of a mine and proce... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Buckman Laboratories v Bromine Compounds (655/06)[2008] ZASCA 37 · Patent – revocation in terms of s 61(1)(c) of Patents Act of 1978 – absence of inventive step. Neutral citation: Buckman Laboratories v Brom... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Taljaard v Botha Properties (666/06)[2008] ZASCA 38 · Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1976 – section 34A – estate agent not entitled to remuneration if functions performed in absence of fidelit... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Guardrisk Insurance Company Ltd v Registrar of Medical Schemes (168/07)[2008] ZASCA 39 · Interpretation of ‘business of a medical scheme’ in the Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998 and ‘accident and health policy’ in the Short Term I... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | 61/2007 Fairoaks Investment v S Oliver (268/07)[2008] ZASCA 41 · Sale of land – agreement of sale lapsed because of non-fulfilment of suspensive condition – agreement to revive agreement of sale with amend... |
| 28 Mar 2008 | Du Preez v Zwiegers[2008] ZASCA 42 · 61/2007 · Attorney negligent in paying out money in trust account without establishing from depositor what latter wanted done with it. Neutral Citatio... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | De Villiers v McKay NO (231/07)[2008] ZASCA 16 · Contract: ‘entire agreement’ clause; provisions of another contract must be left out of account because even if factually relevant this are... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Raliphaswa v Mugivhi[2008] ZASCA 17 · 236/2007 · Damages for iniuria ─ defamation and unauthorised, invasive search during which appellant was indecently assaulted ─ when adverse inference... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Road Accident Fund v AbdoolCarrim[2008] ZASCA 18 · 293/2007 · Section 19(d) of the Road Accident Fund Act of 1996 is applicable only to agreements made by third parties, not to those by suppliers. Neutr... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | CSARS v Saleem[2008] ZASCA 19 · 21/2007 · Revenue – customs and exci se – duty of officer when seizing goods in terms of s 88(1)(c) of Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – when justified... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Mercurius Motors v Lopez[2008] ZASCA 22 · 149/2007 · Loss of vehicle delivered to service depot ─ failure to safeguard keys ─ reliance on exemption clause ─ held that clause not part of contrac... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Bisnath v Absa Bank Ltd (117/07 and 674/07)[2008] ZASCA 23 · Mortgage and pledge: The obligations owed by a pledgee to the pledgor at common law in regard to fruits of the property pledged, are owed by... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Fraser v Viljoen[2008] ZASCA 24 · 621/2006 · Sale of immovable property – authorising other party to insert material terms after delivery of uncompleted document – non-compliance with s... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Transnet Ltd v Maela (39/07)[2008] ZASCA 26 · Two mutually destructive versions - probabilities favouring version of the appellant’s witness. Neutral citation: Transnet Ltd v Maela (39/0... |
| 27 Mar 2008 | Transnet Ltd v The MV Snow Crystal (250/07)[2008] ZASCA 27 |
| 25 Mar 2008 | National Director of Public Prosecutions v Geyser[2008] ZASCA 15 · 160/2007 · Immovable property an instrumentality of the offence of keeping a brothel in contravention of the Sexual Offences Act of 1957 – property bou... |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 547/2007 Nedcor Bank Ltd v SDR Investment Holdings Co (Pty) Ltd (274/07)[2008] ZASCA 11 · Implied and tacit terms not to be imported into agreement when in conflict with valid, express provisions. Neutral Cititation: This |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 440/2007 Correction Griebenow v S[2008] ZASCA 12 · 547/2007 · Private defence ─ appellant claiming he shot and killed deceased in defence of life and limb ─ held that there had been no such threat and t... |
| 20 Mar 2008 | Crossberg v The State[2008] ZASCA 13 · 440/2007 · Disregarding the impact of at least missing statements made by witnesses to the police, evidence not supporting conviction of murder ─ polic... |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 160/2007 Carolus v The State (32/07)[2008] ZASCA 14 · Indecent assault – appellant raising alibi defence – Held complainant had positively identified the crime scene and the appellant as the per... |
| 20 Mar 2008 | 159/2007 Thembalethu Sam v The State[2008] ZASCA 9 · 343/2007 |
| 20 Mar 2008 | Carter v Haworth[2009] ZASCA 19 · 177/2008 · Whether a ‘judgment’ of a trial court ‘allowing damages’ and other relief, and determining certain factual findings to be referred to an act... |
| 18 Mar 2008 | MM Mlimo v The State (454/07)[2008] ZASCA 7 · Appellant indicted in the High Court for murder and attempted murder of husband and wife arising out of a shooting incident - Whether judge’... |
| 18 Mar 2008 | JG Swanepoel v The State (508/07)[2008] ZASCA 8 |
| 10 Mar 2008 | Wightman v Headfour (Pty) Ltd[2008] ZASCA 6 · 66/2007 · Practice – application – dispute of fact – real, genuine or bona fide – what constitutes. Possession – spoliation – builder making duplicate... |
| 7 Mar 2008 | 257/2008 Zietsman v Electronic Media Network (11/07)[2008] ZASCA 4 · Security for costs – s 17(2) of Patents Act of 1978 – ‘any party’ includes incola plaintiff – agreement to provide security – relevant facto... |
| 7 Mar 2008 | 66/2007 Van Bosch v Charles[2008] ZASCA 5 · 257/2008 · Magistrate’s Court Practice – Civil Proceedings – Exception to plea on ground that it discloses no defence dismissed. Neutral citation: Van... |
| 28 Feb 2008 | 11/07 LINVESTMENT CC v HAMMERSLEY (634/06)[2008] ZASCA 1 · Land – servitudes – right of way – defined and registered – relocation at instance of owner of servient tenement – when allowed. Constitutio... |