130 judgments on file that touch damages, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2024 | Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers Limited v Living Hands (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 75 · Delict – pure economic loss – financial institution – client calling up investment portfolio – funds paid out in terms of investment agreeme... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 May 2024 | President of the Republic of South Africa and Another v Tembani and Others[2024] ZACC 5 · Prescription — delictual claims for damages — unconstitutionality of President’s conduct a component of alleged wrongfulness — whether compl... | Constitutional Court |
| 6 May 2024 | Minister of Police v Miya[2024] ZASCA 71 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 May 2024 | MV ‘New Endeavor’ and Others v Indian Oil Corporation Limited[2024] ZASCA 67 · Admiralty law – arrest of an associated ship in terms of ss 3(6) and (7) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (the Act)... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 May 2024 | Ntoni Jacob Hlape v The Minister of Police[2024] ZASCA 68 · Civil procedure – unlawful arrest and detention – whether the arrest and detention of appellant was unlawful – whether respondent was liable... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Apr 2024 | Tumelo Mafisa v Road Accident Fund[2024] ZACC 4 · Road Accident Fund — settlement agreement — High Court’s unilateral alteration of settlement agreement irregular and improper | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Venator Africa (Pty) Ltd v Watts and Another[2024] ZASCA 60 · Company law – exception – s 218(2) read with s 22(1) of the Companies Act of 2008 – allegation that company carried on its business reckless... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 19 Apr 2024 | Vorster v Clothing City (Pty) Ltd[2024] ZASCA 53 · Jurisdiction – Magistrates’ Court Act of 1944 (the Act) – whether a claim for damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the magistra... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Apr 2024 | MM obo GM v Member of the Executive Council for the Department of Health, North West Province[2024] ZASCA 52 · Delict – medical negligence – transmissibility of damages to parent on death of minor child. Death of child not reported to Master – effect... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 12 Apr 2024 | Christopher Charles Hughes v Nicolas Gargassoulas and Others[2024] ZASCA 46 · Civil Procedure – application for leave to appeal in terms of section 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether the appeal would... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 Apr 2024 | MEC for Health, Gauteng v de Lange[2024] ZASCA 38 · Civil Procedure – claim for damages – separated issues – not clearly stated – stated case limiting separated issues – judgment on stated cas... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Mar 2024 | Syce and Another v Minister of Police[2024] ZASCA 30 · Application for special leave to appeal – referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – discretion... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Mar 2024 | SAP SE v Systems Applications Consultants (Pty) Ltd t/a Securinfo and Another[2024] ZASCA 26 · Application for recusal – reasonable apprehension of bias – trial judge – misconceiving the issue in the evidence – preventing counsel from... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Mar 2024 | MEC of Health and Social Development of the Gauteng Provincial Government v M[2024] ZASCA 21 · Delict – claim for medical negligence damages – minor born with brain injury sustained during birth – whether hospital staff were negligent... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Pieter Paul Le Roux and Another v Johannes G ` Coetzee and Seuns and Another[2023] ZACC 46 · Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — section 12(3) — clients’ professional negligence claim against legal practitioner — knowledge of facts may inc... | Constitutional Court |
| 18 Dec 2023 | Hough & Bremner and Another v The Road Accident Fund[2023] ZASCA 179 · Civil procedure and practice – Contingency Fees Agreement Act of 1997 – high court finding that the fees agreement concluded between the app... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 Dec 2023 | Danny Joseph Sibiya and Others v Road Accident Fund[2023] ZASCA 171 · Practice and procedure – Contingency Fees Act of 1997 – whether the high court ruling met the benchmark of fairness, rationality and reasona... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Dec 2023 | City of Cape Town v Mtyido[2023] ZASCA 163 · Delict – widening of pleadings – wrongfulness and negligence – respondent injured as a result of open manhole under control of appellant – o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 30 Nov 2023 | Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development of the Gauteng Provincial Government v Motubatse & Another[2023] ZASCA 162 · Civil procedure – rescission of default judgment – interlocutory in nature and thus not appealable – application for condonation and special... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 28 Nov 2023 | Bisschoff N O obo Reyners v Passenger Rail Agency Of South Africa[2023] ZASCA 160 · Prescription – interruption of running of extinctive prescription – claimant of unsound mind – prescription only begins to run from the date... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Nov 2023 | King Price Insurance Company Limited v Mhlongo[2023] ZASCA 152 · Civil procedure – claim under insurance policy arising from motor vehicle collision – market value pleaded – evidence led on shortfall of am... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Nov 2023 | MC Olesitse N.O. v The Minister of Police[2023] ZACC 35 · Application of the “once and for all” common law rule –– applicable to only one cause of action and not to more than one cause of action ––... | Constitutional Court |
| 14 Nov 2023 | Hulisani Viccel Sithangu v Capricorn District Municipality[2023] ZASCA 151 · Application for special leave referred for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – whether special leave t... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Oct 2023 | M M v MEC for Health; Eastern Cape[2023] ZASCA 130 · Delict – medical negligence – damages – claim for damages arising out of alleged medical negligence of hospital staff- whether the hospital... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 29 May 2023 | Media 24 (Pty) Ltd v Nhleko & Another[2023] ZASCA 77 · Civil procedure - application for leave to amend plea - dismissal based on wrong principles of law - appeal upheld. ________________________... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 May 2023 | Minister of Police v Gqamane[2023] ZASCA 61 · Civil procedure – unlawful arrest and detention – arrest in terms of ss 40(1)(b) and 40 (1)(q) of Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – assault w... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 18 Apr 2023 | Mashinini v The Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development, Gauteng Provincial Government (3352021)[2023] ZASCA 53 · Delict – action for damages based on medical negligence of public hospital staff – claim for future medical and hospital expenses – public h... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 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 |
| 15 Dec 2022 | MEC for Health, Eastern Cape v N H obo A[2022] ZASCA 181 · Extinctive prescription – s 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 – inquiry as to what constitutes knowledge of sufficient facts giving rise... | 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 |
| 14 Nov 2022 | Reddell and Others v Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Limited and Others[2022] ZACC 38 · Defamation — constitutionality of awarding general damages to trading corporations — partially unconstitutional — public discourse on issues... | Constitutional Court |
| 3 Nov 2022 | Democratic Alliance v Brummer[2022] ZASCA 151 · Plea of res judicata by reason of issue estoppel in action for damages arising from alleged unlawful termination of membership – prior judgm... | 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 |
| 22 Sep 2022 | United Democratic Movement and Another v Lebashe Investment Group (PTY) Limited and Others[2022] ZACC 34 · Appealability of Interim Interdicts — Interests of Justice — Section 16(1)(a) of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013 | Constitutional Court |
| 22 Aug 2022 | NUMSA obo Aubrey Dhludhlu and 147 Others v Marley Pipe Systems (SA) (Pty) Ltd[2022] ZACC 29 | Constitutional Court |
| 15 Jul 2022 | Frantzen v Road Accident Fund[2022] ZASCA 107 · Delict – personal injury claim – factual causation – cause and effect – whether soft tissue injury of neck and back sustained in motor vehic... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Jul 2022 | Minister of Police and Others v Samuel Molokwane[2022] ZASCA 111 · Civil Procedure – s 2(2) of State Liability Act of 1957 –– whether failure to serve summons against Minister of Police on State Attorney nul... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Transnet Soc Limited v Total South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others[2022] ZACC 21 | Constitutional Court |
| 30 May 2022 | TM obo MM v Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development[2022] ZACC 18 · Jurisdiction — constitutional issue — interests of justice Leave to appeal — not in the interests of justice to grant leave — leave to appea... | 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 |
| 22 Apr 2022 | Minister of Police and Another v Erasmus[2022] ZASCA 57 · Delict – actio iniuriarum – unlawful arrest and detention – liability of police for post-court appearance detention – not caused by unlawful... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 22 Apr 2022 | Mirchandani v Unica Iron & Steel (Pty) Ltd and Unica Iron & Steel (Pty) Ltd v Mirchandani (Case no 802/2020 & 813/2020)[2022] ZASCA 58 · Damages – breach of profit share agreement and lease agreements – claim for payment of utilities and bond charges erroneously debited in app... | 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 |
| 5 Apr 2022 | AK v Minister of Police[2022] ZACC 14 · Delict — wrongfulness — negligence — extent of police liability for negligent police work — psychopathological harm | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Mineral Sands Resources Propriety Limited and Another v Christine Reddell and Others[2022] ZACC 37 · Defamation — abuse of process — SLAPP suit defence — ulterior purpose — consideration of the merits | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Dec 2021 | Minister of Police v Shawn Bosman & Others[2021] ZASCA 172 · Criminal law and procedure – Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 – sections 40(1)(b), (f) and (h) – unlawful arrest and detention – whether the r... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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