128 judgments on file that touch damages, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2021 | Pick ’n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd v Pillay[2021] ZASCA 125 · Negligence – foreseeability of harm – failure to guard against – shopper injured when struck by automated boom gate – exit of parking area f... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Sep 2021 | Traxys Africa Holdings Ltd and Another v Westbrook Resources Ltd[2021] ZASCA 122 · Partly oral and partly written agreements – whether the terms of the oral parts of the agreements included an obligation on the part of the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 17 Jun 2021 | Media summary Beukes v Ten Four Consulting and Others[2021] ZASCA 83 · Arbitration – review of award – Arbitration Act of 1965, s 33(1)(a) and (b) – misconduct of arbitrator – gross irregularity in the conduct o... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 11 Jun 2021 | Van Heerden & Brummer Inc v Bath[2021] ZASCA 80 · Prescription Act of 1969 – firm of attorneys sued for damages arising out of drafting of an ante-nuptial contract subsequently found to be i... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 3 May 2021 | Bobroff and Another v The National Director of Public Prosecutions[2021] ZASCA 56 · Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 – jurisdiction – power of high court to make a forfeiture order in respect of property situate... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Apr 2021 | JE Mahlangu and Another v The Minister of Police[2021] ZACC 10 · Delict — Judicial detention — damages — inadmissible confession induced by assault extracted by police from accused person — liability of th... | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Apr 2021 | Member of the Executive Council for Health, Gauteng Provincial Government v PN[2021] ZACC 6 · Does the power to subpoena under the Public Protector Act trump the proscription under the Tax Administration Act of the disclosure of confi... | Constitutional Court |
| 29 Jan 2021 | Fusion Properties 233 CC v Stellenbosch Municipality[2021] ZASCA 10 · Practice and procedure – application for leave to appeal – referral for oral argument in terms of s 17(2)(d) of the Superior Courts Act of 2... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 24 Jun 2020 | Competition Commission of South Africa v Pickfords Removals SA (Pty) Limited[2020] ZACC 14 · Constitution — section 34 — access to courts — interpretation of legislation Competition Act 89 of 1998 — section 67 — time bar provision —... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Notyawa v Makana Municipality and Others[2019] ZACC 43 · Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 — unreasonable delay — interests of justice — Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 o... | Constitutional Court |
| 24 Oct 2019 | Ascendis Animal Health (Pty) Limited v Merck Sharpe Dohme Corporation and Others[2019] ZACC 41 · Intimidation Act 72 of 1982 — constitutionality of section 1(1)(b) and section 1(2) — provisions are unconstitutional | Constitutional Court |
| 22 Aug 2019 | De Klerk v Minister of Police[2019] ZACC 32 · Delict — unlawful detention — legal causation — unlawful remand | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Apr 2019 | Kruger v National Director of Public Prosecutions[2019] ZACC 13 · Jurisdiction — Purely factual issue does not raise jurisdiction — No constitutional or legal issue Prescription — Prescription Act 68 of 196... | Constitutional Court |
| 2 Apr 2019 | Road Traffic Management Corporation v Waymark Infotech (Pty) Limited[2019] ZACC 12 · Public Finances Management Act 1 of 1999 — sections 66 and 68 — future financial commitments — procurement contracts | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Nov 2018 | - Tembu Convenience Centre CC & another v City of Johannesburg & others[2018] ZASCA 160 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Sep 2018 | MediaSummary - Buffalo City v Nurcha Development Finance[2018] ZASCA 122 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Nieuco Properties 1005 & another v Trustees for the Inkululeko Community Trust & others[2018] ZASCA 123 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 20 Sep 2018 | 800/18; 123/18; 346/18 MediaSummary - Life Healthcare Group (PTY) LTD v DR Abdool Samad Suliman[2018] ZASCA 118 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Jun 2018 | Booysen v Minister of Safety and Security[2018] ZACC 18 · Delict — vicarious liability — deviation case — police officer — domestic violence — police firearm | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Jun 2018 | Road Accident Fund v Masindi[2018] ZASCA 94 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Jun 2018 | Flanagan v Minister of Safety and Security[2018] ZASCA 96 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Jun 2018 | Minister of Police and another v Zweni[2018] ZASCA 97 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 31 May 2018 | Leon ST Leger Bouttell v Road Accident Fund[2018] ZASCA 90 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Mar 2018 | 216.14 KB Damages for breach of warranty – ‘substantial/major’ accident affecting resale of motor vehicle. Terms of warranty clear. Special leave – test for – requires something more than reasonable prospects of success on appeal. Ultimately court hearing appeal decides whether special circumstances exist. No special circumstances found – appeal struck from the roll with costs. Loggenberg N O & others v Maree[2018] ZASCA 24 · Practice – pleadings – exception – non-compliance with s 2(1) of the Alienation of Land Act of 1981 – alleged sale of land not reduced to wr... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Feb 2018 | Loni v Member of the Executive Council, Department of Health, Eastern Cape, Bhisho[2018] ZACC 4 | Constitutional Court |
| 1 Dec 2017 | 351.92 KB Contract – breach of mandate by first attorneys in under-settling RAF claim – breach by second attorneys in allowing claim against first attorneys to prescribe – damages to be assessed at notional trial date of RAF claim. Contract – damages – whether court a quo ought to have reduced damages for delay in bringing claim to trial. Interest – applicability of s 2A(5) of Prescribed Rate of Interest Act 55 of 1975. Media24 (Pty) Ltd v Estate Late Du Plessis[2017] ZASCA 168 · Appeal ─ Determination of the price of shares by an independent expert ─ appeal against the decision to enforce the award made by an indepen... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 21 Sep 2017 | 175.48 KB Delict – Pure economic loss – Loss suffered as a result of debarment in terms of s 14 of the Financial Services Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002 – Whether conduct of employer in debarring employee without complying with the provisions of Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2002 was wrongful and gave rise to damages. Otto v State[2017] ZASCA 114 · Criminal law – appeal against conviction of rape – appellant failed to testify – conceded by appellant that sexual intercourse proved – lack... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Sep 2017 | 185.47 KB Criminal Law and procedure — damages — Unlawful arrest and detention — appeal against judgment awarding damages for unlawful arrest and detention of the respondent — whether or not the appellant’s servant had the requisite suspicion to arrest and detain the respondent — periods of detention before and after first appearance in court to be separately considered — claim for detention after first appearance neither pleaded nor established — appeal upheld. Mgwenya v Kruger[2017] ZASCA 102 · Section 16(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – judgment or order sought on appeal would have no practical effect or resul... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
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