35 judgments on file that touch delict, newest first, each with the court's own file.
| Handed down | Judgment | Court |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | Discovery Health (Pty) Ltd v Road Accident Fund and Another[2026] ZASCA 140 · Res judicata – court | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Ad All CC v Kapa Bokoni Trading and Projects 10 CC[2026] ZASCA 124 · Unjustified enrichment – illegal contract – statutory illegality – s 20(1)(a) of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act of 2001 – cond... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 5 May 2026 | Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others v Leso[2026] ZASCA 64 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Lizelle Schreuder N O v Minister of Police and Others[2026] ZASCA 52 · Delict – unlawful arrest and detention – Child Justice Act of 2008 – minor arrested and detained as adult – absence of knowledge of minority... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 25 Mar 2026 | South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union v Massmart Holdings and Others[2026] ZACC 11 · Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — interpretation of section 68(1)(b) — claim for payment of just and equitable compensation — loss attributa... | Constitutional Court |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Logik Group Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a Fire Logik v Fire Logic (Pty) Ltd[2025] ZASCA 164 · Delict– Passing-off proceedings onus of proving reputation for passing- off application discharged – whether the respondent established the... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Thembakazi Ntangazana v Member of Executive Council for The Department of Education, Eastern Cape[2025] ZASCA 160 · Lapsed reconsideration application in terms of s 17(2)(f) of the Superior Courts Act of 2013 – inadequate delay explanation trumped by good... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Apr 2025 | East Asian Consortium B.V. v MTN Group Limited and Others[2025] ZASCA 50 · Delict – unlawful inducement – unlawful competition – conflict of law – transnational delicts – lex loci delicti – significant relationship... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Alexia Kobusch and Others v Wendy Whitehead[2025] ZASCA 24 · Civil procedure – barring a party to proceedings – exception based on lack of averments to sustain a cause of action – whether the exception... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 6 Nov 2024 | Merryweather v Scholtz and Another[2024] ZASCA 150 · Appeal – civil appeal from full court – trial court’s reliance on inadmissible evidence constituting an irregularity – appellant failed to d... | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 15 Aug 2024 | Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Limited v Mafate N.O.[2024] ZACC 16 | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Pty) Ltd v Competition Commission and Another[2024] ZACC 3 · Competition Act 89 of 1998 — Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings in the Competition Commission — standard of review in special statutory re... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 22 Oct 2021 | The Residents of Industry House and Others v The Minister of Police and Others[2021] ZACC 37 · South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995 — constitutionality of section 13(7)(c) — order of constitutional invalidity confirmed — right t... | Constitutional Court |
| 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 |
| 16 Sep 2020 | National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and Others v Aveng Trident Steel (A Division of Aveng Africa (Pty) Limited) and Another[2020] ZACC 23 · Section 187(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 — demand — automatically unfair dismissals — operational requirements — consultatio... | Constitutional Court |
| 9 Oct 2019 | Moodley v Kenmont School and Others[2019] ZACC 37 · Judgment in an application for confirmation of an order by the High Court of South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Local Division, Durban, declaring s... | Constitutional Court |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Nieuco Properties 1005 & another v Trustees for the Inkululeko Community Trust & others[2018] ZASCA 123 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 1 Jun 2018 | Flanagan v Minister of Safety and Security[2018] ZASCA 96 | Supreme Court of Appeal |
| 29 Mar 2018 | 346.36 KB Delict – claim for damage to earning capacity – plaintiff and his brother each owned 50 per cent of close corporation – present case distinguishable from Rudman – plaintiff’s claim permissibly quantified with reference to corporation’s diminished profits. Delict – collateral source rule – plaintiff’s post-injury earnings, to extent they exceeded a market related salary for his reduced role, the result of benevolence – correctly disregarded. Pietermaritzburg and District Counc[2018] ZASCA 51 · Actio aquae pluviae arcendae – interdict – stormwater from higher property discharging into municipal stormwater drainage system – combined... | 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 |
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