Name: AttorneyOS
Price: 999 ZAR

Handed down	Judgment	Court
5 Oct 2026	FJ Senekal Inc v The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Others[2026] ZASCA 137 · Insolvency – Insolvency Act of 1936 – s 63(2) – remuneration out of the estate for services rendered by a firm of which the trustee was a di...	Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Jul 2026	JP Fourie NO and Another v The Master of the High Court, Mahikeng and Another[2026] ZASCA 104 · Winding-up – interpretation – s 18(4) of the Insolvency Act of 1936 read with the Companies Act of 1973 – application of Insolvency Act prov...	Supreme Court of Appeal
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
19 Dec 2024	Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Limited and Others v Master of the High Court, Northwest and Others[2024] ZASCA 179	Supreme Court of Appeal
12 Dec 2024	Sabdia N O and Another v Soma and Another[2024] ZASCA 174 · Administration of deceased estate – s 51(1)(a) of Administration of Estates Act of 1965 – freedom of testation – review in terms of rule of...	Supreme Court of Appeal
2 Aug 2024	Snyman v De Kooker N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 119 · Trust Property Control Act of 1988 – duty of trustees to account – sufficiency of accounting – termination of a trust pursuant to s 13 – dis...	Supreme Court of Appeal
12 Jun 2024	Pitso and Others v Chabeli Molatoli Attorneys Incorporated[2024] ZASCA 94 · Agency and representation – at common law a mandate is in general terminable at the will of the principal – requirements of final interdict...	Supreme Court of Appeal
28 Mar 2024	Centaur Mining South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Cloete Murray N O and Others[2024] ZASCA 34 · Rescission in terms of rule 42(1)(a) of the Uniform Rules of Court of default judgment granted under s 20(9) of the Companies Act of 2008 –...	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
19 Oct 2023	Bouwer and Another NNO v Master of the High Court, Pretoria[2023] ZASCA 135 · Administration of estates – annual curator’s account in terms of ss and of the Administration of Estates Act of 1965 – realised capital asse...	Supreme Court of Appeal
13 Dec 2022	Constantia Insurance Company Limited v The Master of the High Court, Johannesburg and Others[2022] ZASCA 179 · Insolvency – test for expungement of claim by Master under s 45(3) of Insolvency Act of 1936 – sufficient ground required. Company law – def...	Supreme Court of Appeal
16 Nov 2022	Kuttel v Master of the High Court and Others[2022] ZASCA 156 · Trust and trustees – sale of shares owned by trust to company controlled indirectly by two trustees – whether sanction of court required for...	Supreme Court of Appeal
7 Apr 2021	FirstRand Bank Limited v Master of the High Court (Pretoria) and Others[2021] ZASCA 33 · Insolvency Act of 1936 – interpretation of ss 106, 89 (2) and 14 (3) – liability for costs of sequestration when there is no free residue or...	Supreme Court of Appeal
23 Sep 2019	Grobler v Master of the High Court & others[2019] ZASCA 119 · Will – validity of unsigned draft will in terms of s 2(3) of Wills Act of 1953 – not established that deceased received, approved and intend...	Supreme Court of Appeal
29 Nov 2018	Diener NO v Minister of Justice and Others[2018] ZACC 48 · Companies Act – Chapter 6 – sections 135(4) and 143(5) – business rescue proceedings – interpretation – during liquidation – super preferenc...	Constitutional Court
5 Jul 2018	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another v South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association and Others[2018] ZACC 20 · Section 9(2) of the Constitution — remedial and restitutionary equality — Van Heerden test — arbitrariness and rationality as separate requi...	Constitutional Court
26 Nov 2015	Breda NO v The Master of the High Court, Kimberley[2015] ZASCA 166 · Proof of creditor‟s claims in terms of s of the Insolvency Act of 1936 – ex facie documents claim possibly prescribed – provisional admissio...	Supreme Court of Appeal
6 Sep 2010	Van der Merwe v Master of the High Court & another (605/09)[2010] ZASCA 99 · Acceptance of document as will in terms of s 2(3) of the Wills Act of 1953 ─ absence of signature not an absolute bar ─ document authentic a...	Supreme Court of Appeal
19 Feb 2010	Standard Bank v The Master of the High Court (103/09)[2010] ZASCA 4 · Liquidators occupyi ng position of trust towards creditors and companies in liquidation ─ required to be independent and to regard equally t...	Supreme Court of Appeal
27 Nov 2008	Klopper v The Master of the High Court (643/07)[2008] ZASCA 155 · Insolvency Act of 1936 ─ Trustee’s remuneration ─ s 63(1) ─ court upheld Master’s refusal to allow an increase in remuneration in respect of...	Supreme Court of Appeal

A judgment is listed here when the court's own summary or its title uses the term; it is a finding aid, not a headnote. All topics.

Judgments on master of the high court