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Judgments on deeds

27 judgments on file that touch deeds, newest first, each with the court's own file.

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5 Oct 2026 Habib Overseas Bank Limited (in liquidation) v Crestar Printers and Publishers (Pty) Ltd (in liquidation) and Others[2026] ZASCA 136 · Insolvency – suretyship – set-off raised as defence by sureties (banking customers) against an insolvent bank – delay in raising defence of... Supreme Court of Appeal
11 Mar 2026 Bonatla Property Holdings v Ruitersvlei Holdings & Another[2026] ZASCA 26 · Company law – liquidation – locus standi to seek winding up – cession in securitatem debiti – applicant company having ceded its loan accoun... Supreme Court of Appeal
21 Jan 2026 VVC v JRM and Others[2026] ZACC 2 · Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 — section 10(2) — confirmation of constitutional invalidity — change of marriage system —... Constitutional Court
19 Dec 2025 Deon Smith and Others v Sasfin Bank and Another[2025] ZASCA 198 · Section 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – reconsideration application – Uniform Rules of Court – refusal of application for resc... Supreme Court of Appeal
15 Dec 2025 Christensen N O and Another v De Magalhaes[2025] ZASCA 193 · Law of Insolvency – application for special leave to appeal in terms of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – referred for oral argument – speci... Supreme Court of Appeal
17 Oct 2025 Parch Properties 72 (Pty) Ltd v Summervale Lifestyle Estate Owner’s Association and Others[2025] ZASCA 155 · Community Schemes Ombud Act of 2011 – jurisdiction of the high court not ousted – whether refusal to amend the constitution of a Community S... Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Sep 2025 Osman v Kariem[2025] ZASCA 139 · Property law – whether appellant established co-ownership of immovable property – Alienation of Land Act of 1981 – right to claim transfer o... Supreme Court of Appeal
20 May 2025 Auckland Park Theological Seminary v Wamjay Holding Investments (PTY) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 65 · Unjustified enrichment – s 12(3) of the Prescription Act of 1969 (Prescription Act) – commencement of the running of prescription – whether... Supreme Court of Appeal
30 Apr 2025 Huntrex 277 (Pty) Ltd v Berzack and Others[2025] ZACC 6 · Servitude — whether praedial or personal — approach to interpretation of servitude — whether servitude compliant with principles of property... Constitutional Court
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
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
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
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
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
4 Apr 2024 Savannah Country Estate Homeowners Association v Zero Plus Trading 194 (Pty) Ltd and Others[2024] ZASCA 40 · Procedure – application for special leave to appeal in terms of s 16(1)(b) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – difference between ‘special... 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
2 Nov 2023 The Body Corporate of Marsh Rose v Steinmuller and Others[2023] ZASCA 143 · Property law – Sectional Titles Act of 1986 – reliance on transfer registration embargo established in terms of s 15B(3)(a)(i)(aa) of the Se... Supreme Court of Appeal
3 Oct 2022 N’Wandlamharhi Communal Property Association and Another v Westcott and Others[2022] ZASCA 129 · Property – servitude – rights of access to and occupation of immovable properties – rights constitute subtraction from dominium of land – no... Supreme Court of Appeal
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
20 Jan 2022 Flower Foundation Pretoria Homes for the Aged NPC v Registrar of Deeds, Pretoria and Others[2022] ZASCA 8 · Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act of 1988 – interpretation of s 4B of the Housing Development Schemes Act – whether the ho... Supreme Court of Appeal
9 Dec 2021 Malan v Die Gerhard Labuschagne Familie Trust & Another[2021] ZASCA 171 · Sale – immovable property – subdivision of Remainder approved by Surveyor-General – option to purchase one of the proposed subdivisions – op... Supreme Court of Appeal
11 Jun 2021 University of Johannesburg v Auckland Park Theological Seminary and Another[2021] ZACC 13 · Contract — delectus personae — contractual interpretation — admissibility of contextual evidence — parol evidence rule — permissibility of c... Constitutional Court
25 Mar 2020 Staufen Investments (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Public Works, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd & Registrar of Deeds, Cape Town[2020] ZASCA 18 · Immovable property – expropriation of servitudes – administrative law – private property owned by appellant unlawfully occupied by second re... Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Nov 2018 Amardien and Others v Registrar of Deeds and Others (Women's Legal Trust as Amicus Curiae)[2018] ZACC 47 · Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981 — sections 19, 20 and 26 — purchaser not obliged to make payment until recordal complete by seller Nationa... Constitutional Court
31 Oct 2018 eThekwini Municipality v Mounthaven (Pty) Limited[2018] ZACC 43 · Meaning of debt — Prescription Act 68 of 1969 — Real rights — Limited Real Rights — Personal rights — reversionary clauses Deeds Registries... Constitutional Court
30 Oct 2018 Rahube v Rahube and Others[2018] ZACC 42 · Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 112 of 1991 — constitutionality of section 2(1) — declaration of constitutional invalidity — violation o... 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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