Namibia Case Law

No. 1 Estates CC v Baard (1206 of 2002)

No. 1 Estates CC v Baard (1206 of 2002) [2002] NAHC 5 (3 September 2002)

Court

High Court

Case number

1206 of 2002

The plaintiff failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that its introduction of the purchaser to the property was the effective cause of the sale. The sale resulted from a new and unrelated chain of events initiated by the defendant, and the plaintiff's involvement was not a consistent, uninterrupted, and major positive force leading to the sale.

Source excerpt

• Estate agent commission
• Causation in agency
• Contractual relationship
• Effective cause of sale

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Key Properties (Pty) Ltd v Lemprecht and Another (513 of 1996)

Key Properties (Pty) Ltd v Lemprecht and Another (513 of 1996) [1996] NAHC 27 (16 October 1996)

Court

High Court

Case number

513 of 1996

The High Court held that an estate agent was the effective cause of a house sale to the Government and awarded the claimed commission.

• Principal and agent
• Estate agent commission
• Causa causans
• Efficient cause of sale
• Estate-agent-commission
• Effective-cause-of-sale

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Key Properties (Pty) Ltd v Lamprecht and Another (513 of 1996)

Key Properties (Pty) Ltd v Lamprecht and Another (513 of 1996) [1996] NAHC 42 (2 April 1996)

Court

High Court

Case number

513 of 1996

The High Court held that the estate agent’s initial introduction of the property was the effective cause of the sale, entitling it to commission.

• Principal and agent
• Estate agent commission
• Causa causans
• Efficient cause of sale
• Estate-agent-commission
• Principal-and-agent

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