Namibia Case Law

Van Wyk v Nandago (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-OTH- 4153 of 2020)

Van Wyk v Nandago (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-OTH- 4153 of 2020) [2021] NAHCMD 171 (19 April 2021)

Court

High Court Main Division

Case number

HC-MD-CIV-ACT-OTH- 4153 of 2020

The particulars of claim are capable of being interpreted to disclose a cause of action for damages based on clause 9.5 of the agreement, as the plaintiffs pleaded liability for VAT and the first defendant can appreciate and meet the allegations. The exception is dismissed as the claim is not excipiable.

Source excerpt

• Indemnity
• Vat liability
• Exception procedure

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EA Mouton Builders CC v Santam Namibia (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON 635 of 2017)

EA Mouton Builders CC v Santam Namibia (HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON 635 of 2017) [2019] NAHCMD 179 (7 June 2019)

Court

High Court Main Division

Case number

HC-MD-CIV-ACT-CON 635 of 2017

The High Court dismissed Santam Namibia’s application for absolution from the instance in an insurance dispute and ordered the defendant to pay costs.

• Absolution from the instance
• Agency
• Indemnity
• Exclusion clauses
• Absolution-from-the-instance
• Insurance-law

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Hameva and Another v Minister of Home Affairs (SA 7 of 1995)

Hameva and Another v Minister of Home Affairs (SA 7 of 1995) [1996] NASC 7 (9 October 1996)

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

SA 7 of 1995

The Supreme Court of Namibia held that costs paid by a legal assistance trust could not be recovered by assisted litigants where the trust deed required free legal assistance.

• Taxation of costs
• Legal aid
• Trusts
• Indemnity
• Taxation-of-costs
• Legal-aid

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