203 judgments on file that touch contract, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2023 | Mashisane v Mhlauli[2023] ZASCA 176 · Family law – customary law – civil procedure – declaratory relief sought on whether parties married according to customary law – dispute of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Dec 2023 | Saboath General Traders (Pty) Ltd t/a Sausage Saloon and Another v Mthatha Mall (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZACC 43 · Ouster of jurisdiction of Magistrate’s Court in lease agreement — interests of justice and leave to appeal | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Nov 2023 | African National Congress v Ezulweni Investments (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 159 · Contract – conclusion – authority to conclude – test for factual disputes – evaluation of evidence – bare denials coupled with untenable ver... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Nov 2023 | Majope and Others v The Road Accident Fund[2023] ZASCA 145 · Default judgment against the RAF – whether an attorney and client fee agreement should be incorporated in a court order – a court is not ent... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Nov 2023 | The Body Corporate of Marsh Rose v Steinmuller and Others[2023] ZASCA 143 · Property law – Sectional Titles Act of 1986 – reliance on transfer registration embargo established in terms of s 15B(3)(a)(i)(aa) of the Se... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Fleet Africa (Pty) Limited v Polokwane Local Municipality[2023] ZASCA 142 · Contract law – jurisdiction – Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the parties explicitly agreed that a particular high court would have ex... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Oct 2023 | Mohuba v University of Limpopo[2023] ZASCA 139 · Whether the relationship between a university and a student is contractual or administrative in nature – refusal by a university to confer a... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Oct 2023 | Emalahleni Local Municipality v Lehlaka Property Development (Pty) Ltd[2023] ZASCA 138 · Civil law and procedure – practice – joinder – no public law relationship between private landowner and unlawful occupiers – notion of a ‘sp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Oct 2023 | EB (born S) v ER (born B) and Others; KG v Minister of Home Affairs and Others[2023] ZACC 32 · Divorce Act 70 of 1979 — redistribution remedy in section 7(3) — exclusion of remedy where marriage dissolved by death — exclusion of remedy... | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Sep 2023 | Integrity Forensic Solutions CC v Amajuba District Municipality[2023] ZASCA 124 · Contract – whether proved that contracting parties reached consensus on terms of agreement – narrow factual issue determined at trial – appe... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Sep 2023 | KGA Life Limited v Multisure Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Others (with Funeral Federation of South Africa intervening as Amicus Curiae[2023] ZASCA 122 · Funeral Group Scheme – termination of contract between intermediary and insurer – Insurance Act of 2017 (the 2017 Act) – effect on contract,... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Aug 2023 | Koch & Kruger Brokers CC and Another v Financial Sector Conduct Authority and Others[2023] ZACC 27 · Section 34 of Bill of Rights — separated issue — High Court allegedly straying beyond separated issue — separated issue misconceived | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jul 2023 | South African Council of Educators v Deon Scheepers and Others[2023] ZACC 23 · South African Council of Educators — professional discipline | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Jun 2023 | Fujitsu Services Core (Pty) Limited v Schenker South Africa (Pty) Limited[2023] ZACC 20 · [Interpretation of contracts] — [Exemption clauses] — [Exclusion of liability] — [Public Policy] | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jun 2023 | Ethekwini Municipality v Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - CMC di Ravenna Societa Cooperativa[2023] ZASCA 95 · Contract – decisions on adjudication of disputes under construction contract – enforcement by court – whether contrary to public policy – sp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 May 2023 | Oaker and Others v Kriel NO (118/2021); Rockland Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Kriel NO and Others[2023] ZASCA 68 · Curatorship – s of the Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act of 2001 (Protection of Funds Act) – bewind trusts and their fund man... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Mar 2023 | Independent Community Pharmacy Association v The New Clicks Group Limited[2023] ZACC 10 · Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974 — section 22A — Ownership of Pharmacies — Regulations relating to the Ownership and Licensing of Pharmacies — regula... | Constitutional Court |
| 15 Mar 2023 | Minister of Water and Sanitation and Others v Casper Jacobus Lotter N.O and Others[2023] ZACC 9 | Constitutional Court |
| 10 Mar 2023 | Ledla Structural Development (Pty) Limited and Others v Special Investigating Unit[2023] ZACC 8 · Special Tribunal established in terms of section 2 of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act — Special Tribunal is not a... | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Feb 2023 | Mfoza Service Station (Pty) Limited v Engen Petroleum Limited and Another[2023] ZACC 3 · Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977— section 12B(4)(a) — powers of an arbitrator — awarding of damages as a remedy | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Feb 2023 | Rissik Street One Stop CC t/a Rissik Street Engen and Another v Engen Petroleum Limited[2023] ZACC 4 · Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 — section 12B —stay of eviction proceedings — pending outcome of section 12B arbitration — continued occu... | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Feb 2023 | Agribee Beef Fund (Pty) Limited and Another v Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency[2023] ZACC 6 · Section 217(1) of the Constitution – procurement – goods and services – tripartite agreement between organs of state and private party – moo... | Constitutional Court |
| 15 Dec 2022 | lattekloof RMS Boerdery (Pty) Ltd v Dahlia Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 182 · Contract – pre-emptive right in respect of two of eight portions of farm – offer by third party to purchase farm – activated right of pre-em... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Dec 2022 | Millenium Aluminium and Glass Services CC and Others v Group Five Construction (Pty) Ltd and Another[2022] ZASCA 180 · Construction guarantee – whether the requirements were met - insurer’s obligation to pay – failure by the subcontractor to pay the certified... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Nov 2022 | Esorfranki Pipelines (PTY) Limited v Mopani District Municipality[2022] ZACC 41 · Delictual liability for harm arising from state’s intentional misconduct — section 8 of PAJA — compensation under PAJA Section 217 of the Co... | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Nov 2022 | Samancor Chrome Limited v Bila Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZASCA 163 · Contempt of court – non-compliance with court orders to be established beyond reasonable doubt – elements of wilfulness and mala fides not e... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Nov 2022 | Samancor Chrome Limited v Bila Civil Contractors (Pty) Ltd and Others[2022] ZASCA 154 · Contempt of court order – joinder of directors and contempt relief sought in the same application – directors aware of the relief sought aga... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Oct 2022 | Limpopo v Leboho[2022] ZASCA 131 · Contract – calculation of leave days – jurisdiction of the courts – clause 14.1 of the collective agreement between the parties – difference... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Sep 2022 | Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Ltd v Gauteng Provincial Government[2022] ZASCA 127 · Insurance contract – damage to rock mass when tunnels for Gautrain Rapid Rail System constructed – whether insured’s claim had prescribed –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Seebed CC t/a Siyabonga Convenience Centre v Engen Petroleum Limited[2022] ZACC 28 · Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 — Section 12B Arbitration Referral — Stay of Proceedings Termination of Lease Agreement — Eviction Procee... | Constitutional Court |
| 4 Jul 2022 | Merifon (Pty) Limited v Greater Letaba Municipality and Another[2022] ZACC 25 · legality — enforceability of agreement — section 19 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 — peremptory statuto... | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Jun 2022 | Women’s Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others[2022] ZACC 23 · Muslim marriages — non recognition — infringement of rights to dignity, equality, access to courts and principle of best interests of the ch... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Transnet Soc Limited v Total South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others[2022] ZACC 21 | Constitutional Court |
| 19 May 2022 | Nedbank Limited v Houtbosplaas (Pty) Ltd and Another[2022] ZASCA 69 · Banking law – banker and client – summary closure of bank accounts by client – exercise of contractual right by client to do so – trusts tha... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 May 2022 | Tee Que Trading Services (Pty) Ltd v Oracle Corporation South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Another[2022] ZASCA 68 · Contract law – arbitration and governing law clauses in licence agreements – whether subsequent contracts replaced or rendered clauses inope... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Apr 2022 | Central Energy Fund SOC Ltd and Another v Venus Rays Trade (Pty) Ltd and Others[2022] ZASCA 54 · Review under principle of legality and Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 – rotation of country’s strategic oil stock – decisio... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Mar 2022 | NVM obo VKM v Tembisa Hospital and Another[2022] ZACC 11 · Jurisdiction — section 167(3)(b) of Constitution — sole issue one of factual causation — constitutional considerations not affecting resolut... | Constitutional Court |
| 11 Mar 2022 | Municipal Employees Pension Fund and Another v Dineo Innolentia Mongwaketse[2022] ZACC 9 · Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 — definitions of “complainant” and “complaint” — purported admission to membership of ineligible member — wheth... | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Mar 2022 | Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural and Allied Workers Union and Others v Oak Valley Estates (Pty) Limited and Another[2022] ZACC 7 · Right to strike — final interdict — leave to appeal is granted — interdictory relief is only competent if respondents are linked to the actu... | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Feb 2022 | National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union v Minister of Public Service and Administration and others CCT 21/21 ; National South African Democratic Teachers Union and Others v Department of Public Service and Administration and Others CCT 28/21;[2022] ZACC 6 · Sections 213, 215 and 216 of the Constitution — regulations 78 and 79 of the Public Service Regulations — collective bargaining Leave to app... | Constitutional Court |
| 16 Feb 2022 | Minister of Finance v Afribusiness NCP[2022] ZACC 4 · Section 217 of the Constitution — Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 — Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017 Minis... | Constitutional Court |
| 15 Feb 2022 | Municipal Manager: OR Tambo District Municipality v Nosipho Portia Ndabeni[2022] ZACC 3 · Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 — section 66(1) — section 66(3) and (5) — nullity of a court order — court orders are bind... | Constitutional Court |
| 11 Feb 2022 | Cash Paymaster Services (Pty) Limited (In Liquidation) and Others v Freedom Under Law NPC & Others[2022] ZACC 2 · Joinder — direct and substantial interest — such not shown Variation of order — provisional liquidators — section 359(1)(a) of Companies Act... | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Dec 2021 | Rajkumar Tahilram v Trustees of the Lukamber Trust and Another[2021] ZASCA 173 · Sale – price – to be fixed by third party’s valuation – subject to limited exceptions and in the absence of agreement to the contrary or wai... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Sep 2021 | Former Way Trade and Ivest (Pty) Limited v Bright Idea Projects 66 (Pty) Limited t/a All Fuels and Another[2021] ZACC 33 · Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 — section 12B of the Petroleum Products Act does not oust the High Court’s jurisdiction — referral of a f... | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Sep 2021 | Jugwanth v MTN[2021] ZASCA 114 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Sep 2021 | Union for Police Security and Corrections Organisation v South African Custodial Management (Pty) Limited[2021] ZACC 26 · Appeal from the Labour Court — costs — no reasons from the Labour Court for departure from the general rule that costs do not follow the res... | Constitutional Court |
| 6 Jul 2021 | Crompton Motors CC v Bright Idea Projects (66) (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZACC 24 · Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 — Section 6 of the Arbitration Act 42 of 1965 — stay of proceedings — referral to statutory arbitration —... | Constitutional Court |
| 17 Jun 2021 | Media summary K2013046547/07 (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Others v Hyde Construction CC and Another[2021] ZASCA 82 · Contract – Property Law – applicability of s 34(3) of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – whether transfer of property to purchaser and bond passed... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Jun 2021 | Case No. 513/2020 Media summary Bisschoff & Others v Welbeplan Boerdery (Pty) Ltd[2021] ZASCA 81 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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