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Judgments on deceased estate

12 judgments on file that touch deceased estate, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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26 Jun 2026 De Bruyn v The Master of the High Court, Pretoria and Others[2026] ZASCA 92 · Administration of Estates – spousal maintenance claim – Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act of 1990 – Administration of Estates Act of 1965... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 May 2026 South African Retirement Annuity Fund v Pension Funds Adjudicator and Another[2026] ZASCA 79 · Pension Law – interpretation of s 37C(1) of the Pension Funds Act of 1956 (the Act) – interpretation of the phrase - within months of the de... Supreme Court of Appeal
17 Dec 2025 Badenhorst N O v Manyatta Properties Close Corporation and Others[2025] ZASCA 194 Supreme Court of Appeal
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
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
8 Mar 2024 Queen Sibongile Winnifred Zulu v Queen Buhle Mathe and Others[2024] ZASCA 22 · Family law – administration of deceased estate – Marriage Act of 1961 – whether consequences of civil marriage precluded husband from conclu... Supreme Court of Appeal
1 Dec 2023 Percy Mosuetsa v Derrick Mosuetsa and Others[2023] ZASCA 164 · Civil procedure – order of court not appealed or rescinded – application to stay execution – issue res judicata unless set aside on appeal o... Supreme Court of Appeal
23 Nov 2023 and 913/2022 Armitage NO v Valencia Holdings 13 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2023] ZASCA 157 · Company law ─ action by executor of deceased shareholder’s estate ─ s 163 of the Companies Act of 2008 (the Act) ─ oppressive or unfairly pr... 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
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
10 Oct 2023 Natasha Liebenberg v The State[2023] ZACC 33 · Admissions in terms of section 220 of the Criminal Procedure Act 57 of 1977 — admissibility of evidence in disciplinary hearing –– lack of j... Constitutional Court
29 Jun 2018 Moosa NO and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others (Trustees of the Women's Legal Centre Trust as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 19 Constitutional Court

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