712 judgments on file that touch costs, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2024 | Herman Botha v Bool Smuts and Another[2024] ZACC 22 · Section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa — right to privacy — information in public domain — voluntary public disclosu... | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Swanepoel N.O. (Executor in the Estate Late Mignon Adelia Steyn) v Profmed Medical Scheme[2024] ZACC 23 · Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998 — substitution — transmissibility of right to just administrative action — procedural fairness — material no... | Constitutional Court |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Coughlan N O v Health Professions Council of South Africa & Others[2024] ZASCA 135 · Road Accident Fund Tribunal (the Tribunal) – whether the powers conferred on the Tribunal are limited to determining the seriousness of the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Oct 2024 | The Minister of International Relations and Co-operation NO and Another v Neo Thando / Elliot Mobility (Pty) Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 134 · Contract law – jurisdiction – Arbitration Act of 1965 – whether the Arbitrator had jurisdiction to entertain a claim – whether a dispute exi... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Thistle Trust v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZACC 19 · Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 — Section 25B — Section 26A — conduit principle — capital gains tax — beneficiaries Tax Administration Act 28 of 2... | Constitutional Court |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Scholtz & Another v De Kock NO & Others[2024] ZASCA 132 · Deceased estate – whether executrix bears duty to account to beneficiaries for deceased’s monies disbursed during the deceased’s lifetime. F... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Oct 2024 | The Prudential Authority v Dlamini and Another[2024] ZASCA 133 · Provisional sequestration order sought on the grounds of s and s of the Banks Act of 1990 – prima facie proof of non-compliance with the Pru... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Minmetals Logistics Zhejiang Co Ltd v The Owners and Underwriters of the MV ‘Smart’ and Another[2024] ZASCA 129 · Maritime law – s 5(1) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (the Act) – application to compel litigant to produce documen... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Jooste NO and Another v Pretorius and Others[2024] ZASCA 130 · Law of trusts – removal of trustee – provision in trust deed empowering trustees to adopt resolution forcing trustee to resign – subject to... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Oct 2024 | The Public Protector of South Africa v The Chairperson of the Section 194(1) Committee and Others[2024] ZASCA 131 · Uniform rule 15 – applies to change of status not change of persona – finds no application in the high court after judgment or the supreme c... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika and Others v Die Wilge Hervormde Gemeente and Others[2024] ZASCA 128 · Civil procedure – whether intervening parties should be joined in application for leave to appeal – whether high court misdirected itself in... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Sep 2024 | MEC for Economic Development, Gauteng and Another v Sibongile Vilakazi and Others[2024] ZASCA 126 · Civil procedure – whether requirements for interim interdict satisfied – appealability of interim order – order has final effect and dispose... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Sep 2024 | Herold Gie & Broadhead Inc v Harris N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 125 · Statutory interpretation – s 6(4) of the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act of 1988 (HDSA) does not provide basis for a cla... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 Aug 2024 | Sand Hawks (Pty) Ltd and Another v Labonte 5 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 122 · Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA) – powers of a Regional Manager – whether functus officio when, due to error... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Aug 2024 | South African Human Rights Commission v Agro Data CC & Another (Afriforum, Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Commission for Gender Equality intervening as Amici Curiae)[2024] ZASCA 121 · Constitutional law – s 184(2)(b) of the Constitution – powers of the South African Human Rights Commission (the SAHRC) – whether s 184(2)(b)... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Aug 2024 | Tholo Energy Services CC v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZASCA 120 · Statutory construction – Customs and Excise Act of 1964 (the Act) – s 47(9)(e) appeal against tariff determination – refund claim for fuel a... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 2 Aug 2024 | Snyman v De Kooker N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 119 · Trust Property Control Act of 1988 – duty of trustees to account – sufficiency of accounting – termination of a trust pursuant to s 13 – dis... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Estelle Le Roux and Another v Dielemaar Holdings (Cape) Pty Ltd and Another[2024] ZASCA 118 · Contract law – contractual claim involving issues of suretyships – special plea of prescription and res judicata – whether the claim in the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Tunica Trading 59 (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 115 · Administrative Law – review of Commissioner’s decision refusing refund of excise duty and fuel levy – Customs and Excise Act of 1964 (the Ac... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Jul 2024 | Botha v Botha[2024] ZASCA 116 · Leave to appeal – referred for oral argument – special leave granted – divorce – variation of a settlement agreement made a court order – wh... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Jul 2024 | De Kock v Du Plessis and Others[2024] ZASCA 117 · Eviction – Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 (the PIE Act) – defence – right to occupation in... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Jul 2024 | Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and Others v East Rand Member District of Chartered Accountants and Others (945/2022 and 40/2023)[2024] ZASCA 114 · Administrative Law – powers of Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors under Auditing Profession Act of 2005 – whether their exercise cons... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Chief Avhatendi Ratshibvumo Rambuda and Others v Tshibvumo Royal Family and Others[2024] ZACC 15 · Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act 6 of 2005 — interpretation of section 12(2) — authority to identify a new headman or hea... | Constitutional Court |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Gannet Works (Pty) Ltd and Others v Middleton Sue NO and Another[2024] ZASCA 112 · Environmental law – Marine Living Resources Act of 1998 (the Marine Act) – whether the use of remote-controlled motorised equipment for purp... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Nyhonyha N O and Others v NDPP (972; 973 & 974/22)[2024] ZASCA 113 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – trust assets – realisable property in terms of s 14 – restraining orders in respect of prope... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Jul 2024 | Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform v Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa[2024] ZACC 14 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 — civil recovery of property under Chapter 6 — competing claims for exclusion of “interest” in... | Constitutional Court |
| 12 Jul 2024 | Christoffel Hendrik Wiese and Others v CSARS[2024] ZASCA 111 · Taxation – recovery of tax debt from third party in terms of s 183 of Tax Administration Act, of 2011 (the TAA) – whether term ‘tax debt’ en... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Jul 2024 | City of Cape Town v The South African Human Rights Commission and Others[2024] ZASCA 110 · Property law – common law defence of counter-spoliation – ambit and requirements of counter-spoliation – whether the interpretation of count... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Jul 2024 | Sanoj Jeewan v Transnet SOC Limited and Another[2024] ZASCA 108 · Civil procedure – prescription – whether the high court was correct in finding that the appellant’s claim for contractual and delictual dama... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Jul 2024 | IRD Global Limited v The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria[2024] ZASCA 109 · Civil procedure – interim interdictory relief – jurisdiction – alleged defamatory statement published on the Internet accessed in South Afri... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 Jul 2024 | Phoenix Salt Industries (Pty) Ltd v The Lubavitch Foundation of Southern Africa[2024] ZASCA 107 · Loan agreement – variation clause – waiver – whether variation clause precludes waiver – waiver is not variation – interpretation of a loan... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Jun 2024 | Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy v Becker (Case no 1199/23); National Nuclear Regulator and Another v Becker (Case no 966/2023); Becker v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy[2024] ZASCA 106 · National Nuclear Regulator Act of 1999 – Board of Directors of Regulator appointed by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy in terms... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Jun 2024 | Coronation Investment Management SA (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service[2024] ZACC 11 · Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 — section 9D exemption — foreign controlled company — foreign business establishment — meaning of “business” and “... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Jun 2024 | Mphephu-Ramabulana Royal Family v Premier, Limpopo Province and Others[2024] ZACC 12 · Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act 3 of 2019 — section 13(1) — recognition of traditional leader — failure to make a decision Direct le... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Jun 2024 | AGFRI Animal Feeds v National Union of Metalworkers South Africa and Others[2024] ZACC 13 · Sections 161 and 200 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — locus standi of trade union — trade union constitution — definitive of powers... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Jun 2024 | C A R v The Central Authority of The Republic of South Africa and Another[2024] ZASCA 103 · Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction – whether a defence to the application for the return of the child to... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Jun 2024 | Eamonn Courtney v Izak Johannes Boshoff NO & Others[2024] ZASCA 104 · Insolvency law — order of final sequestration not preceded by provisional order — order not a nullity — valid until set aside by a court of... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Jun 2024 | Krohne (Pty) Ltd v Strategic Fuel Fund Association[2024] ZASCA 99 · Arbitration law – whether the appellant’s claim, based on the enforcement of an arbitral award is founded on a valid cause of action – wheth... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Jun 2024 | MEC for the Department of Public Works & Others v Ikamva Architects CC and Others[2024] ZASCA 95 · Civil Procedure – on appeal, the appellants were not entitled to an order they did not seek in the court of first instance – attachment of a... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Jun 2024 | KSL v AL[2024] ZASCA 96 · Civil procedure – anti-dissipation interdict – whether requirements for an interim anti-dissipation interdict are satisfied – whether intent... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 13 Jun 2024 | AIG South Africa Limited v 43 Air School Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 97 · Insurance law – interpretation of insurance policy – policy providing cover for loss resulting from interruption of business due to notifiab... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Jun 2024 | & 0026A/24EC Khumalo v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others[2024] ZAEC 20 · Administrative law – legality review – points in limine – whether the Electoral Court’s jurisdiction in terms of s 20 (1) of the Electoral C... | Electoral Court |
| 12 Jun 2024 | Pitso and Others v Chabeli Molatoli Attorneys Incorporated[2024] ZASCA 94 · Agency and representation – at common law a mandate is in general terminable at the will of the principal – requirements of final interdict... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Jun 2024 | Van Jaarsveld v Van Jaarsveld and Another[2024] ZASCA 92 · Divorce – arbitration agreement in the Deed of Settlement made an order of court – interpretation of s 2(a) of the Arbitration Act of 1965 –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Jun 2024 | Ubisi and Another v Road Accident Fund[2024] ZASCA 93 · Practice and procedure – settlement agreement of claim against the Road Accident Fund – irregular and improper setting aside of settlement a... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 10 Jun 2024 | Edward Nathan Sonnenberg Inc v Hawarden[2024] ZASCA 90 · Delictual claim – claim for pure economic loss caused by omission – wrongfulness – risk of indeterminate liability – vulnerability to risk –... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 7 Jun 2024 | Tyte Security Services CC v Western Cape Provincial Government and Others[2024] ZASCA 88 · Section of Superior Courts Act of 2013 – leave to execute pending appeal – requirements of exceptional circumstances and irreparable harm co... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Jun 2024 | Department of Home Affairs and Others (with Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town intervening as Amicus Curiae)[2024] ZASCA 87 · Immigration – Refugee Act 130 of 1998 – whether asylum seeker entitled to submit subsequent applications after initial application has been... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 4 Jun 2024 | Bonifacio and Another v Lombard Insurance Company Ltd[2024] ZASCA 86 · Construction law – performance guarantee – guarantor resisting liability on basis that the claim is fraudulent – guarantor thereafter compro... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 Jun 2024 | Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others v Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others[2024] ZASCA 84 · Review – failure by court to consider question of just and equitable relief under s 172 of the Constitution when setting aside grant and ren... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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