712 judgments on file that touch costs, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2025 | Kangra Coal (Pty) Ltd v The Trustees of the Time Being of the Corneels Greyling Trust and Others[2025] ZASCA 9 · Appeals in terms of s 148(3) of the National Water Act of 1998 (the NWA) against water use licences (the WUL) – suspension of licence pursua... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Spar Group Limited and Others v Twelve Gods Supermarket (Pty) Ltd and Others[2025] ZASCA 7 · Superior Courts Act of 2013 (the Superior Courts Act) – Reconsideration of application for special for leave to appeal – s 17(2)(f) of the S... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Mashwayi Projects (Pty) Ltd and Others v Wescoal (Pty) Ltd and Others (11572023)[2025] ZASCA 5 · Company law – Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) – Chapter thereof – business rescue – whether post commencement creditors excluded from voting... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Equistock Properties 8 (Pty) Ltd and Another v Oosthuizen and Others (7382023 and 7392023)[2025] ZASCA 6 · Civil Procedure – the requirements of a final interdict restated – authority to bring an application not established – personal costs order... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Du Plessis v Majiedt N O and Others[2025] ZASCA 4 · Insolvency – locus standi of insolvent to sue in his own name – Insolvency Act of 1936 – trustees were the correct persons to take action –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Kidrogen RF (Pty) Ltd v Erasmus and Others[2025] ZASCA 3 · Arbitration – extension of time in terms of section of the Arbitration Act of 1965 – applicability, proper approach and relevant considerati... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Jan 2025 | MEC for Health Eastern Cape v AS obo SS[2025] ZASCA 2 · Civil procedure – uniform rule 49 – condonation and reinstatement of appeal – discretion to condone not exercised judicially - delict – medi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Dec 2024 | MEC for Health, Gauteng v Dr Regan Solomons[2024] ZASCA 184 · Practice and procedure – subpoena duces tecum – cause of action ceased to exist before judgment at first instance – court not entitled to pr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Dec 2024 | Zeal Health Innovations (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Another[2024] ZASCA 183 · Procurement law and administrative law – court’s powers when contract declared constitutionally invalid – just and equitable remedy in terms... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Dec 2024 | Superior Macadamias (Pty) Ltd and Others v Emvest Agricultural Corporation (Mauritius) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 182 · Winding up – locus standi – creditor – failure to prove indebtedness of respondent. Winding up – shareholder – just and equitable – dormant... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Commissioner for the South Africa Revenue Service v Medtronic International Trading S.A.R.L[2024] ZACC 26 | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Charnelle Commando and Others v City of Cape Town and Another[2024] ZACC 27 · Gentrification — eviction — temporary emergency accommodation — inner city Spatial apartheid — unconstitutional — progressive realisation —... | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Motor Industry Staff Association and Another v Great South Africa Autobody CC t/a Great South Panelbeaters CCT298/22 & Solidarity obo Gerhardus Viljoen Strydom and Others v State Information Technology Agency Soc Limited[2024] ZACC 29 · Automatically unfair dismissal in terms of section 187(1)(f) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — dismissal based on age — age discrimin... | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Ingwana John Mohlaba and Others v The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Others[2024] ZACC 32 · Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act 6 of 2005 — constitutionality of section 25 — section is unconstitutional — only legisla... | Constitutional Court |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Macneil Plastics (Pty) Ltd v Van den Heever N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 181 · Liquidation – Company placed in liquidation due to inability to pay its debts – payment made by company to its creditor after the commenceme... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2024 | N M v The Central Authority for the Republic of South Africa and Another[2024] ZASCA 178 · Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention) – whether a defence to the application for the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others v Master of the High Court, Northwest and Others[2024] ZASCA 179 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Hutchinson Wild v Legal Practice Council & Others[2024] ZASCA 180 · Administrative Law – review of the Legal Practice Council’s decision to issue an advisory note – whether the decision is administrative acti... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Eskom Holdings Soc Ltd and Another v Sonae Arauco (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 177 · Electricity Regulation Act of 2006 (the Act) – Eskom and municipalities’ statutory obligations regarding loadshedding – legal nature of Code... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Edgar Davids v The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Others and Zilta Miles v The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and Others[2024] ZASCA 171 · Military ombud – Military Ombud Act of 2012 – complaints upheld – section 6(8) – the recommendation of appropriate relief for implementation... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Petersen and Others v SASSA (1106/2023, 1139/2023 and 1053/2023)[2024] ZASCA 173 · Self-review – Legality review – undue delay – prescription – Prescription Act of 1969 – debt – public law remedy – judgment debt – intergove... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Sabdia N O and Another v Soma and Another[2024] ZASCA 174 · Administration of deceased estate – s 51(1)(a) of Administration of Estates Act of 1965 – freedom of testation – review in terms of rule of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Smith v The Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund Board[2024] ZASCA 170 · The Attorneys Act of 1979 – whether funds were ‘entrusted’, as contemplated in s 26(a) of the Attorneys Act – applicability of s 47(1)(g) –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 9 Dec 2024 | The Body Corporate of San Sydney v Shivani Singh and Others[2024] ZASCA 169 · Sectional Titles Act of 1986 (the STA) and Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act of 2011 (the STSMA) – right of extension of scheme reserv... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Dec 2024 | The Minister of Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others v Thamsanqa Davis Bisset[2024] ZASCA 164 · Land – compensation – s 42D of the Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – settlement agreement – absence of concurrence – review – absence... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Nov 2024 | Platinum Wheels (Pty) Ltd v The National Consumer Commission & Another[2024] ZASCA 163 · National Consumer Commission represented in the high court by attorney who had no right of appearance after his name was struck from roll of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Nov 2024 | Fono and Another v Port St Johns Municipality[2024] ZASCA 161 · Constitutional and Administrative Law – constitutionality of legislation – the Minister responsible for the administration of the National B... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Govan Mbeki Local Municipality v Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others; Emalahleni Local Municipality v Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others[2024] ZACC 25 · Municipal planning by-laws — transfer embargoes — delegated powers under section 32(1) of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 1... | Constitutional Court |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Sabelo Sithole v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 30 · Application by applicant for declaratory relief to compel Electoral Commission – to recognise and register him as lawful leader of a registe... | Electoral Court |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Diageo SA (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 158 · Customs and Excise Act of 1964 – Interpretation – classification of beverages under tariff headings – Tariff Heading 2208.470.22 (and corres... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Nkomazi Local Municipality v The Valuation Appeal Board For The District of Ehlanzeni & Others[2024] ZASCA 155 · Administrative Law – review of Valuation Appeal Board’s decision dismissing the appeal on the valuation of the property – failure to give re... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Robert Paul Serné N O and Others v Mzamomhle Educare and Others[2024] ZASCA 152 · Rei vindicatio – owner need do no more than allege and prove ownership and that the respondents are holding the res – onus on respondents to... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Nov 2024 | Hanekom N O and Others v Nuwekloof Private Game Reserve Farm Owners’ Association[2024] ZASCA 154 · Appeal from adjudicator under the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 to the high court – two judges of the high court hearing appea... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 8 Nov 2024 | Mbambisa and Others v Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality[2024] ZASCA 151 · Statutory interpretation – s of Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act of 2003 (MFMA) – liability of municipal officials for una... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Merryweather v Scholtz and Another[2024] ZASCA 150 · Appeal – civil appeal from full court – trial court’s reliance on inadmissible evidence constituting an irregularity – appellant failed to d... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Nov 2024 | Mluleki Martin Chithi and Others v Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform and Others (1203/2021, 1334/2021 & 261/2022)[2024] ZASCA 149 · Land claims – restitution of land – Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 – claim for restitution of land on grounds of being a ‘community’... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 Oct 2024 | Britton v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others[2024] ZASCA 148 · Section 5(1)(a) of the Extradition Act of 1962 – finding of constitutional invalidity does not apply retrospectively – held that Constitutio... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Oct 2024 | Ramotswabodi Johannes Sesing v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 28 · Application to compel Electoral Commission to keep open process of allocation of seats in the Free State Legislature – allocation of seat to... | Electoral Court |
| 25 Oct 2024 | Rademeyer v Ferreira[2024] ZACC 24 · Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — sale agreement — same cause of action — breach of contract — specific performance — right to claim damages | Constitutional Court |
| 25 Oct 2024 | & 0026A/24EC Umkhonto Wesizwe Political Party v The Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 26 · Uniform Rule 41 – Withdrawal after set-down – Judicial discretion in awarding punitive costs – Exceptional circumstances justifying punitive... | Electoral Court |
| 25 Oct 2024 | Pringle v Mailula[2024] ZASCA 146 · Protection from Harassment Act of 2011 (the Act) – whether the magistrates’ court had powers to consider new evidence in terms of ss 9(2) an... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Oct 2024 | R Februarie v A Phillips and Others[2024] ZAEC 25 · Section 20(2A) of the Electoral Commission Act of 1996 – application by a member of a political party for declaratory and interdictory relie... | Electoral Court |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Grancy Property Limited and Another v Dines Chandra Manilal Gihwala and Others[2024] ZASCA 144 · Contract – breach – failure to acquire additional shares – disposal of shares – quantification of damages – whether highest intermediate val... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Transasia 444 (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others (702/2023) & Transasia Minerals (SA) (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others[2024] ZASCA 145 · Failure to cite party with direct and substantial interest in application to compel disclosure of records held by the Director-General of th... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Democratic Alliance v Ramaphosa and Others[2024] ZAEC 24 · Electoral irregularities – undue influence and abuse of power to influence the conduct and outcome of elections – Item 9(2)(e) of the Electo... | Electoral Court |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Elmir Property Projects (Pty) Ltd t/a Elmir and Another v Bankenveld Homeowners Association (Pty) Ltd (522/2023 and 524/2023)[2024] ZASCA 141 · Town-Planning and Townships Ordinance of 1986 (the Ordinance) – township establishment conditions imposed by municipality in terms of s of t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Oct 2024 | Singh v The Body Corporate of St Tropez[2024] ZASCA 142 · Provisional order of sequestration – conflict of interest on part of judicial officer raised ex post facto as ground of appeal – Judicial Co... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Polovin v The Director of Public Prosecutions and Others[2024] ZASCA 140 · Criminal law and procedure – private prosecution – review – whether leave to appeal should be granted in terms of s 17(2)(b) read with s 17(... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Western Cape and Others[2024] ZASCA 138 · Appeal against dismissal of review and declaratory relief – disputes resolved in terms of settlement made an order of court – appellants did... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Oct 2024 | Maria Luisa Palma Codevilla v Paula Jane Kennedy-Smith NO and Others[2024] ZASCA 136 · Agreement of sale of immovable property – lapsing of suspensive condition – whether revival of agreement thereafter is competent. 3 ________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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